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Ezekiel 28:12

Son 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.

KJV

et dices ei : Hæc dicit Dominus Deus : Tu signaculum similitudinis, plenus sapientia, et perfectus decore.

Vulgate

Υἱὲ ἀνθρώπου, λάβε θρῆνον ἐπὶ τὸν ἄρχοντα Τύρου καὶ εἰπὸν αὐτῷ Τάδε λέγει κύριος Κύριος Σὺ ἀποσφράγισμα ὁμοιώσεως καὶ στέφανος κάλλους

LXX

Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

ASV

בֶּן אָדָ֕ם שָׂ֥א קִינָ֖ה עַל מֶ֣לֶךְ צ֑וֹר וְ/אָמַ֣רְתָּ לּ֗/וֹ כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣/י יְהוִ֔ה אַתָּה֙ חוֹתֵ֣ם תָּכְנִ֔ית מָלֵ֥א חָכְמָ֖ה וּ/כְלִ֥יל יֹֽפִי

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

18 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
חָכְמָ֑ה
chkmh
noun · 148×
י
y
noun · 440×
יְהוִ֔ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 305×
יַחְתֹּֽם
ychtm
verb · 27×
יִּשְׂא֥וּ
ysh'v
verb · 652×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךְ
k
noun · 19×
כָּלִ֥יל
klyl
adjective · 14×
כֹּֽה
kh
adverb · 574×
מְלֵאָ֥ה
ml'h
verb · 58×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
צֹ֔ר
tsr
proper_noun · 41×
קִינָ֔ה
qynh
noun · 18×
תָּכְנִ֔ית
tknyt
noun · 2×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Is the image of God in man? Is the image of God in irrational creatures? Is the image of God in the angels more than in man? Is the image of God in every man? Is the image of God in man by comparison with the Essence, or with all the Divine Persons, or with one of them? Is the image of God in man, as to his mind only? Is the image of God in man's power or in his habits and acts…

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 1:22 — Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
  • Col 1:9 — For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
  • Col 2:3 — In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
  • Ezek 19:1 — Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
  • Ezek 26:17 — And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants,
  • Ezek 27:2 — Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;
  • Ezek 28:2 — 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
  • Ezek 28:15 — Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
  • Ezek 32:2 — Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, an
  • Isa 14:13 — For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
  • Jas 3:13 — Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
  • Matt 11:23 — And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
  • Zech 9:2 — And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise.