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New Living Translation

Ezekiel 28:3

You regard yourself as wiser than Daniel and think no secret is hidden from you.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Daniel;   Irony;   Pride;   Tyre;   Scofield Reference Index - Beast (the);   Thompson Chain Reference - Daniel;   The Topic Concordance - Pride/arrogance;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Providence of God, the;   Tyre;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Phoenicia;   Ship;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Repentance;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Daniel, Book of;   Tyre;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Daniel;   Zechariah, the Book of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Daniel;   Poetry;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Daniel;   Wisdom;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Daniel;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Tyre;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Dan'iel;   Tyre;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Isaiah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Wisdom;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Daniel;   Wisdom;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Yes, you are wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you!
Hebrew Names Version
behold, you are wiser than Daniyel; there is no secret that is hidden from you;
King James Version
Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:
English Standard Version
you are indeed wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you;
New American Standard Bible
Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; There is no secret that is a match for you!
New Century Version
You think you are wiser than Daniel. You think you can find out all secrets.
Amplified Bible
Behold, you are [imagining yourself] wiser than Daniel; There is no secret [you think] that is hidden from you;
World English Bible
behold, you are wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that is hidden from you;
Geneva Bible (1587)
Behold, thou art wiser then Daniel: there is no secrete, that they can hide from thee.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; There is no secret that is a match for you.
Legacy Standard Bible
Behold, you are wiser than Daniel;There is no secret that is a match for you.
Berean Standard Bible
Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you!
Contemporary English Version
You think you're wiser than Daniel and know everything.
Complete Jewish Bible
Sure, you are wiser than Dani'el! No secret can be hidden from you!
Darby Translation
behold, thou art wiser than Daniel! nothing secret is obscure for thee;
Easy-to-Read Version
You think you are wiser than Daniel and no secret is hidden from you.
George Lamsa Translation
Perhaps you are wiser than Daniel, or you have seen hidden things by your wisdom;
Good News Translation
You think you are wiser than Danel, that no secret can be kept from you.
Lexham English Bible
Look, are you wiser than Daniel, so that no secret is hidden from you?
Literal Translation
Behold, you are wiser than Daniel. Every one of the secret things are not hidden to you.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Beholde, thou thynkest thy selfe wyser then Daniel, that there is no secretes hyd from ye.
American Standard Version
behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that is hidden from thee;
Bible in Basic English
See, you are wiser than Daniel; there is no secret which is deeper than your knowledge:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel! there is no secret that they can hide from thee!
King James Version (1611)
Behold, thou art wiser then Daniel: there is no secret that they can hide from thee.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Beholde, thou thinkest thy selfe wyser then Daniel, that there is no secretes hyd from thee.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
art thou wiser than Daniel? or have not the wise instructed thee with their knowledge?
English Revised Version
behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
thou art wisere than Danyel, ech priuetee is not hid fro thee;
Update Bible Version
look, you are wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that is hidden from you;
Webster's Bible Translation
Behold, thou [art] wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:
New English Translation
Look, you are wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you.
New King James Version
(Behold, you are wiser than Daniel! There is no secret that can be hidden from you!
New Life Bible
You are wiser than Daniel. There is no secret that is hidden from you.
New Revised Standard
You are indeed wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Lo! wiser, thou than Daniel, - No secret, have they hidden from thee:
Douay-Rheims Bible
Behold thou art wiser than Daniel: no secret is hid from thee.
Revised Standard Version
you are indeed wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you;
Young's Literal Translation
Lo, thou [art] wiser than Daniel, No hidden thing have they concealed from thee.

Contextual Overview

1 Then this message came to me from the Lord : 2 "Son of man, give the prince of Tyre this message from the Sovereign Lord : "In your great pride you claim, ‘I am a god! I sit on a divine throne in the heart of the sea.' But you are only a man and not a god, though you boast that you are a god. 3 You regard yourself as wiser than Daniel and think no secret is hidden from you. 4 With your wisdom and understanding you have amassed great wealth— gold and silver for your treasuries. 5 Yes, your wisdom has made you very rich, and your riches have made you very proud. 6 "Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because you think you are as wise as a god, 7 I will now bring against you a foreign army, the terror of the nations. They will draw their swords against your marvelous wisdom and defile your splendor! 8 They will bring you down to the pit, and you will die in the heart of the sea, pierced with many wounds. 9 Will you then boast, ‘I am a god!' to those who kill you? To them you will be no god but merely a man! 10 You will die like an outcast at the hands of foreigners. I, the Sovereign Lord , have spoken!"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

thou art: Daniel 1:20, Daniel 2:48, Daniel 5:11, Daniel 5:12, Zechariah 9:2, Zechariah 9:3

no secret: 1 Kings 4:29-32, 1 Kings 10:3, Job 15:8, Psalms 25:14, Daniel 2:22, Daniel 2:27, Daniel 2:28, Daniel 2:47, Daniel 5:12

Reciprocal: Job 32:13 - We Proverbs 28:11 - rich Ezekiel 14:14 - Daniel Ezekiel 27:3 - O thou Ezekiel 28:15 - perfect Daniel 1:6 - Daniel Daniel 1:17 - Daniel had understanding Daniel 4:9 - no secret Habakkuk 1:16 - they

Cross-References

Genesis 1:28
Then God blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that scurry along the ground."
Genesis 9:1
Then God blessed Noah and his sons and told them, "Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth.
Genesis 13:16
And I will give you so many descendants that, like the dust of the earth, they cannot be counted!
Genesis 24:60
They gave her this blessing as she parted: "Our sister, may you become the mother of many millions! May your descendants be strong and conquer the cities of their enemies."
Genesis 28:1
So Isaac called for Jacob, blessed him, and said, "You must not marry any of these Canaanite women.
Genesis 28:6
Esau knew that his father, Isaac, had blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-aram to find a wife, and that he had warned Jacob, "You must not marry a Canaanite woman."
Genesis 28:17
But he was also afraid and said, "What an awesome place this is! It is none other than the house of God, the very gateway to heaven!"
Genesis 28:18
The next morning Jacob got up very early. He took the stone he had rested his head against, and he set it upright as a memorial pillar. Then he poured olive oil over it.
Genesis 35:11
Then God said, "I am El-Shaddai—‘God Almighty.' Be fruitful and multiply. You will become a great nation, even many nations. Kings will be among your descendants!
Genesis 41:52
Joseph named his second son Ephraim, for he said, "God has made me fruitful in this land of my grief."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Behold; thou art wiser than Daniel,.... That is, in his own opinion; or it is ironically said. The Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions, render it by way of interrogation, "art thou not wiser than Daniel?" who was now at the court of Babylon, and was famous throughout all Chaldea for his knowledge in politics, his wisdom and prudence in government, as well as his skill in interpreting dreams. The Jews have a saying, that

"if all the wise men of the nations were in one scale, and Daniel in the other, he would weigh them all down.''

And perhaps the fame of him had reached the king of Tyre, and yet he thought himself wiser than he; see Zechariah 9:2, antichrist thinks himself wiser than Daniel, or any of the prophets and apostles; he is wise above that which is written, and takes upon him the sole interpretation of the Scriptures, and to fix the sense of them:

there is no secret that they can hide from thee; as he fancied; he had sagacity to penetrate into the councils of neighbouring princes, and discover all plots and intrigues against him; he understood all the "arcana" and secrets of government, and could counterwork the designs of his enemies. Antichrist pretends to know all mysteries, and solve all difficulties, and pass an infallible judgment on things; as if he was of the privy council of heaven, and nothing was transacted there but he was acquainted with it, and had full knowledge of the mind of God in all things.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The prophecy against the prince of Tyre. Throughout the east the majesty and glory of a people were collected in the person of their monarch, who in some nations was worshipped as a god. The prince is here the embodiment of the community. Their glory is his glory, their pride his pride. The doom of Tyre could not be complete without denunciation of the prince of Tyre. Idolatrous nations and idolatrous kings were, in the eyes of the prophet, antagonists to the true God. In them was embodied the principle of evil opposing itself to the divine government of the world. Hence, some of the fathers saw upon the throne, not simply a hostile monarch, but “the Prince of this world, spiritual wickedness (or wicked spirits) in high places.” Whenever evil in any way domineers over good, there is a “prince of Tyrus,” against whom God utters His voice. The “mystery of iniquity is ever working, and in that working we recognize the power of Satan whom God condemns and will destroy.

Ezekiel 28:2

Thou hast said, I am a god - Compare Ezekiel 29:3; Daniel 4:30; Acts 12:22; 2 Thessalonians 2:4.

I sit in the seat of God - Words denoting the speaker’s pride; but the situation of the island-city, full of beauty, in the midst of the blue water of the Mediterranean, gives force to the expression. Compare the words describing the lot of Tyre as having been in Eden Ezekiel 28:13.

Thou art a man - Rather, thou art man.

Ezekiel 28:3

Thou art wiser than Daniel - The passage is one of strong irony. Compare Ezekiel 14:14; Daniel 6:3.

Ezekiel 28:9

But thou shalt be a man - Rather, yet art thou man.

Ezekiel 28:10

The uncircumcised - The pagan idolaters as opposed to the covenant-people.

The prophecy against the prince of Tyre. Throughout the east the majesty and glory of a people were collected in the person of their monarch, who in some nations was worshipped as a god. The prince is here the embodiment of the community. Their glory is his glory, their pride his pride. The doom of Tyre could not be complete without denunciation of the prince of Tyre. Idolatrous nations and idolatrous kings were, in the eyes of the prophet, antagonists to the true God. In them was embodied the principle of evil opposing itself to the divine government of the world. Hence, some of the fathers saw upon the throne, not simply a hostile monarch, but “the Prince of this world, spiritual wickedness (or wicked spirits) in high places.” Whenever evil in any way domineers over good, there is a “prince of Tyrus,” against whom God utters His voice. The “mystery of iniquity is ever working, and in that working we recognize the power of Satan whom God condemns and will destroy.

Ezekiel 28:2

Thou hast said, I am a god - Compare Ezekiel 29:3; Daniel 4:30; Acts 12:22; 2 Thessalonians 2:4.

I sit in the seat of God - Words denoting the speaker’s pride; but the situation of the island-city, full of beauty, in the midst of the blue water of the Mediterranean, gives force to the expression. Compare the words describing the lot of Tyre as having been in Eden Ezekiel 28:13.

Thou art a man - Rather, thou art man.

Ezekiel 28:3

Thou art wiser than Daniel - The passage is one of strong irony. Compare Ezekiel 14:14; Daniel 6:3.

Ezekiel 28:9

But thou shalt be a man - Rather, yet art thou man.

Ezekiel 28:10

The uncircumcised - The pagan idolaters as opposed to the covenant-people.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 28:3. Thou art wiser than Daniel — Daniel was at this time living, and was reputable for his great wisdom. This is said ironically. See Ezekiel 14:14; Ezekiel 26:1.


 
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