The wealth of the rich is their strong city; in their imagination it is like a high wall.
Ezekiel 28:4 - New Revised Standard Version by your wisdom and your understanding you have amassed wealth for yourself, and have gathered gold and silver into your treasuries. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 wealth of the rich is their strong city; in their imagination it is like a high wall.
Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to the skillful; but time and chance happen to them all.
For he says: “By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I have understanding; I have removed the boundaries of peoples, and have plundered their treasures; like a bull I have brought down those who sat on thrones.
Why do you boast in your strength? Your strength is ebbing, O faithless daughter. You trusted in your treasures, saying, “Who will attack me?”
When your wares came from the seas, you satisfied many peoples; with your abundant wealth and merchandise you enriched the kings of the earth.
speak, and say, Thus says the Lord God: I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon sprawling in the midst of its channels, saying, “My Nile is my own; I made it for myself.”
There is a man in your kingdom who is endowed with a spirit of the holy gods. In the days of your father he was found to have enlightenment, understanding, and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods. Your father, King Nebuchadnezzar, made him chief of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and diviners,
Therefore he sacrifices to his net and makes offerings to his seine; for by them his portion is lavish, and his food is rich.