Ezekiel 28 - Compare Translations
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Ezekiel 28:1
KJVThe word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,
WEBYahweh’s word came again to me, saying,
YLTAnd there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying:
Ezekiel 28:2
KJVSon of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord God; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:
WEB“Son of man, tell the prince of Tyre, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh:
YLT`Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because thy heart hath been high, And thou dost say: A god I [am], The habitation of God I have inhabited, In the heart of the seas, And thou [art] man, and not God, And thou givest out thy heart as the heart of God,
Ezekiel 28:3
KJVBehold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:
WEBbehold, you are wiser than Daniel;
YLTLo, thou [art] wiser than Daniel, No hidden thing have they concealed from thee.
Ezekiel 28:4
KJVWith thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:
WEBby your wisdom and by your understanding you have gotten yourself riches,
YLTBy thy wisdom and by thine understanding Thou hast made for thee wealth, And makest gold and silver in thy treasuries.
Ezekiel 28:5
KJVBy thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:
WEBby your great wisdom
YLTBy the abundance of thy wisdom, Through thy merchandise, Thou hast multiplied thy wealth, And high is thy heart through thy wealth.
Ezekiel 28:6
KJVTherefore thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;
WEB“‘therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh:
YLTTherefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because of thy giving out thy heart as the heart of God,
Ezekiel 28:7
KJVBehold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.
WEBtherefore, behold, I will bring strangers on you,
YLTTherefore, lo, I am bringing in against thee strangers, The terrible of the nations, And they have drawn out their swords Against the beauty of thy wisdom, And they have pierced thy brightness.
Ezekiel 28:8
KJVThey shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.
WEBThey will bring you down to the pit.
YLTTo destruction they bring thee down, Thou diest by the deaths of the wounded, in the heart of the seas.
Ezekiel 28:9
KJVWilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.
WEBWill you yet say before him who kills you, ‘I am God’?
YLTDost thou really say, `I [am] God,' Before him who is slaying thee? And thou [art] man, and not God, In the hand of him who is piercing thee.
Ezekiel 28:10
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Ezekiel 28:11
KJVMoreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
WEBMoreover Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
YLTAnd there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying:
Ezekiel 28:12
KJVSon of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
WEB“Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and tell him, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh:
YLT`Son of man, lift up a lamentation for the king of Tyre, And thou hast said to him: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Thou art sealing up a measurement, Full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
Ezekiel 28:13
KJVThou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
WEBYou were in Eden,
YLTIn Eden, the garden of God, thou hast been, Every precious stone thy covering, Ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, Sapphire, emerald, and carbuncle, and gold, The workmanship of thy tabrets, and of thy pipes, In thee in the day of thy being produced, have been prepared.
Ezekiel 28:14
KJVThou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
WEBYou were the anointed cherub who covers.
YLTThou [art] an anointed cherub who is covering, And I have set thee in the holy mount, God thou hast been, In the midst of stones of fire thou hast walked up and down.
Ezekiel 28:15
KJVThou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
WEBYou were perfect in your ways from the day that you were created,
YLTPerfect [art] thou in thy ways, From the day of thy being produced, Till perversity hath been found in thee.
Ezekiel 28:16
KJVBy the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
WEBBy the abundance of your commerce, your insides were filled with violence,
YLTBy the abundance of thy merchandise They have filled thy midst with violence, And thou dost sin, And I thrust thee from the mount of God, And I destroy thee, O covering cherub, From the midst of the stones of fire.
Ezekiel 28:17
KJVThine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
WEBYour heart was lifted up because of your beauty.
YLTHigh hath been thy heart, because of thy beauty, Thou hast corrupted thy wisdom because of thy brightness, On the earth I have cast thee, Before kings I have set thee, to look on thee,
Ezekiel 28:18
KJVThou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.
WEBBy the multitude of your iniquities,
YLTFrom the abundance of thy iniquity, By the perversity of thy traffic, Thou hast polluted thy sanctuaries, And I bring forth fire from thy midst, It hath devoured thee, And I make thee become ashes on the earth, Before the eyes of all beholding thee.
Ezekiel 28:19
KJVAll they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.
WEBAll those who know you among the peoples will be astonished at you.
YLTAll knowing thee among the peoples Have been astonished at thee, Wastes thou hast been, and thou art not -- to the age.'
Ezekiel 28:20
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Ezekiel 28:21
KJVSon of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it,
WEB“Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against it,
YLT`Son of man, set thy face unto Zidon, and prophesy concerning it;
Ezekiel 28:22
KJVAnd say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Zidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of thee: and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her.
WEBand say, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh:
YLTand thou hast said: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I [am] against thee, O Zidon, And I have been honoured in thy midst, And they have known that I [am] Jehovah, In My doing in her judgments, And I have been sanctified in her.
Ezekiel 28:23
KJVFor I will send into her pestilence, and blood into her streets; and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her by the sword upon her on every side; and they shall know that I am the Lord.
WEBFor I will send pestilence into her,
YLTAnd I have sent into her pestilence, And blood into her out-places, The wounded hath been judged in her midst, By the sword upon her round about, And they have known that I [am] Jehovah.
Ezekiel 28:24
KJVAnd there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them, that despised them; and they shall know that I am the Lord God.
WEB“‘“There will be no more a pricking brier to the house of Israel, nor a hurting thorn of any that are around them that scorned them. Then they will know that I am the Lord Yahweh.”
YLTAnd there is no more to the house of Israel A pricking brier, and paining thorn, Of all round about them -- despising them, And they have known that I [am] the Lord Jehovah.
Ezekiel 28:25
KJVThus saith the Lord God; When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob.
WEB“‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “When I have gathered the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and am sanctified in them in the sight of the nations, then they will dwell in their own land which I gave to my servant Jacob.
YLTThus said the Lord Jehovah: In My gathering the house of Israel, Out of the peoples among whom they were scattered, I have been sanctified in them, Before the eyes of the nations, And they have dwelt on their ground, That I gave to My servant, to Jacob,
Ezekiel 28:26
KJVAnd they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; and they shall know that I am the Lord their God.
WEBThey will dwell in it securely. Yes, they will build houses, plant vineyards, and will dwell securely, when I have executed judgments on all those who scorn them all around. Then they will know that I am Yahweh their God.”’”
YLTAnd they have dwelt on it confidently, And builded houses, and planted vineyards, And dwelt confidently -- in My doing judgments, On all those despising them round about, And they have known that I, Jehovah, [am] their God!'
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