Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
You
I cast you to the ground;
I put you before
That they may see you.
King James Version
Thine 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.
Holman Bible
For the sake of your splendor
you corrupted your wisdom.
So I threw you down to the earth;
I made you a spectacle before kings.
International Standard Version
Your heart grew arrogant because of your beauty; you annihilated your own wisdom because of your splendor. Then I threw you to the ground in the presence of kings, giving them a good look at you!
A Conservative Version
Thy heart was lifted up because of thy beauty. Thou have corrupted thy wisdom because of thy brightness. I have cast thee to the ground. I have laid thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
American Standard Version
Thy heart was lifted up because of thy beauty; thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I have cast thee to the ground; I have laid thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
Amplified
“Your heart was proud and arrogant because of your beauty;
You destroyed your wisdom for the sake of your splendor.
I cast you to the ground;
I lay you before kings,
That they might look at you.
Bible in Basic English
Your heart was lifted up because you were beautiful, you made your wisdom evil through your sin: I have sent you down, even to the earth; I have made you low before kings, so that they may see you.
Darby Translation
Thy heart was lifted up because of thy beauty; thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I have cast thee to the ground, I have laid thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
Julia Smith Translation
Thine heart was lifted up with thy beauty, thou didst corrupt thy wisdom on account of thy splendor: I cast thee upon the earth, I gave thee before kings to look upon thee.
King James 2000
Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty, you have corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor: I will cast you to the ground, I will lay you before kings, that they may behold you.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Your heart was proud because of your beauty; you ruined your wisdom because of your splendor. I threw you on the ground {before} kings; I have exposed you {for viewing}.
Modern King James verseion
Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; you have spoiled your wisdom because of your brightness. I will cast you to the ground; I will put you before kings, that they may behold you.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thy heart was proud in thy fair beauty, and through thy beauty thou hast destroyed thy wisdom. I will cast thee down to the ground, and that in the sight of kings.
NET Bible
Your heart was proud because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom on account of your splendor. I threw you down to the ground; I placed you before kings, that they might see you.
New Heart English Bible
Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; you have corrupted your wisdom by reason of your brightness: I have cast you to the ground; I have laid you before kings, that they may see you.
The Emphasized Bible
Lofty, was thy heart in thy beauty, Thou didst corrupt thy wisdom, because of thy splendour, - Upon the earth, did I cast thee. Before kings, did I set thee That they might look at thee:
Webster
Thy 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.
World English Bible
Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; you have corrupted your wisdom by reason of your brightness: I have cast you to the ground; I have laid you before kings, that they may see you.
Youngs Literal Translation
High 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,
Interlinear
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Gabahh
Shachath
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Nathan
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 28:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Lament For Tyre's King
16
And you sinned;
Therefore I have cast you as profane
From the mountain of God.
And I have destroyed you, O
From the midst of the stones of fire.
You
I cast you to the ground;
I put you before
That they may see you.
In the unrighteousness of your trade
You profaned your sanctuaries.
Therefore I have brought
It has consumed you,
And I have turned you to
In the eyes of all who see you.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Ezekiel 28:2
“Son of man, say to the
“Because your heart is lifted up
And you have said, ‘
I sit in the seat of
In the heart of the seas’;
Yet you are a
Although you make your heart like the heart of God—
Ezekiel 28:5
You have increased your riches
And your
Ezekiel 31:10
‘Therefore thus says the Lord
Job 40:11-12
And look on everyone who is
Psalm 73:18
You cast them down to
Psalm 147:6
He brings down the wicked to the ground.
Proverbs 11:2
But with the humble is wisdom.
Proverbs 16:18
And a haughty spirit before stumbling.
Isaiah 14:9-11
It arouses for you the
It raises all the kings of the nations from their thrones.
Isaiah 19:11-13
The advice of Pharaoh’s wisest advisers has become
How can you men say to Pharaoh,
“I am a son of the
Jeremiah 8:9
They are dismayed and caught;
Behold, they have
And what kind of wisdom do they have?
Ezekiel 16:14-15
Then your
Ezekiel 16:41
They will
Ezekiel 23:48
Thus I will make lewdness cease from the land, that all women may be admonished and not commit
Ezekiel 28:7
The
And they will draw their swords
Against the beauty of your wisdom
And defile your splendor.
Ezekiel 32:10
I will make many peoples
Luke 14:11
Romans 1:22-25
1 Corinthians 1:19-21
For it is written,
“
And the cleverness of the clever I will set aside.”
James 4:6
But