"Behold, thou {art} wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:" — Ezekiel 28:3

Ezekiel 28:3 · KJV

“Behold, thou {art} wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:”

— Ezekiel 28:3

Son 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: {midst: Heb. heart}

Verse 4

With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:

Ezekiel 28 — Context

The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,

Behold, thou {art} wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:

With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:

By thy great wisdom {and} by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches: {thy great...: Heb. the greatness of thy wisdom}

Cross References

Daniel 1:20

And in all matters of wisdom {and} understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians {and} astrologers that {were} in all his realm. {wisdom...: Heb. wisdom of understanding}

Daniel 2:22

He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what {is} in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.

Daniel 2:27-28

Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise {men}, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king;

Job 15:8

Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?

1 Kings 4:29-32

And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that {is} on the sea shore.

1 Kings 10:3

And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not {any} thing hid from the king, which he told her not. {questions: Heb. words}

Daniel 5:11-12

There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom {is} the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, {I say}, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, {and} soothsayers; {father: or, grandfather}

Psalms 25:14

The secret of the LORD {is} with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant. {and...: or, and his covenant to make them know it}