KJV King James Version
Behold, thou [art] wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Ezekiel 28:3
Behold, thou [art] wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you!
WEB World English Bible
behold, you are wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that is hidden from you;
ASV American Standard Version
behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that is hidden from thee;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Lo, thou art wiser than Daniel, No hidden thing have they concealed from thee.
Surrounding context — Ezekiel 28
1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
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 man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:
3 Behold, thou [art] wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:
4 With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:
5 By thy great wisdom [and] by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:
6 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;
Cross-references
Daniel 1:20And in all matters of wisdom [and] understanding, that the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians [and] astrologers that [were] in all his realm.Daniel 2:22He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what [is] in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.Daniel 2:27-28Daniel 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 15:8Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?1 Kings 4:29-32And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that [is] on the sea shore.Daniel 5:11-12There 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;1 Kings 10:3And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not [any] thing hid from the king, which he told her not.Psalm 25:14The secret of the LORD [is] with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.Zechariah 9:2-3And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise.Daniel 2:47-48The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth [it is], that your God [is] a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret.
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