The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, And like a high wall in his own imagination.
Ezekiel 28:4 - The Scriptures 2009 “By your wisdom and your understanding you have made riches for yourself, and gathered gold and silver into your treasuries. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 with thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition With your own wisdom and with your own understanding you have gotten you riches and power and have brought gold and silver into your treasuries; American Standard Version (1901) by thy wisdom and by thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures; Common English Bible By your wisdom and discernment, you made yourself rich, and you filled your storehouses with silver and gold. Catholic Public Domain Version By your wisdom and prudence, you have made yourself strong, and you have acquired gold and silver for your storehouses. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version In thy wisdom and thy understanding thou hast made thyself strong: and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures. |
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, And like a high wall in his own imagination.
I again saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the mighty, nor even bread to the wise, nor even riches to men of understanding, nor even favour to men of knowledge – for time and chance meets with them all.
“For he has said, ‘By the power of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I have been clever. And I remove the boundaries of the people, and have robbed their treasuries. And I put down the inhabitants like a strong one.
“Why do you boast in the valleys, your flowing valley, O backsliding daughter who is trusting in her treasures, saying, ‘Who would come against me?’
When your wares went out by sea, you have filled many peoples; with your great wealth and your merchandise you have made the sovereigns of the earth rich.
“Speak, and you shall say, ‘Thus said the Master יהוה, “See, I am against you, O Pharaoh sovereign of Mitsrayim, O great monster who lies in the midst of his rivers, who has said, ‘My River is my own, and I, I have made it for myself.’
“There is a man in your reign in whom is the Spirit of the Set-apart Elahin. And in the days of your father, light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the elahin, were found in him. And Sovereign Neḇuḵaḏnetstsar your father, your father the sovereign, made him chief of the magicians, astrologers, Kasdim, and diviners,
Therefore he slaughters to his net, and burns incense to his dragnet, for by them is his portion fat and his food is rich.