Ezekiel 28:7 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.”

Ezekiel 28:7 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Ezekiel 28:7 in 6 Bible Translations

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Ezekiel 28:7 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“therefore, behold, I will bring strangers on you, the terrible of the nations. They will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom. They will defile your brightness.”

Ezekiel 28:7 — World English Bible

Ezekiel 28:7 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“therefore, behold, I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness. ”

Ezekiel 28:7 — American Standard Version

Ezekiel 28:7 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Therefore, lo, I am bringing in against thee strangers, The terrible of the nations, And they have drawn out their swords Against the beauty of thy wisdom, And they have pierced thy brightness.”

Ezekiel 28:7 — Young's Literal Translation

Ezekiel 28:7 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“therefore behold, I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall tarnish thy brightness. ”

Ezekiel 28:7 — Darby Translation

Ezekiel 28:7 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Behold, therefore I wil bring strangers vpon thee, euen the terrible nations: and they shall drawe their swordes against the beautie of thy wisedome, and they shall defile thy brightnes.”

Ezekiel 28:7 — Geneva Bible

Ezekiel 28:7 in Context — Ezekiel 28

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;

7 Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.

8 They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.

9 Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.

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What Does Ezekiel 28:7 Mean?

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