King James Version
Ezekiel 28:15 in the King James Version says “Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 28 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.”
Ezekiel 28:15 · KJV
Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. sardius: or, ruby beryl: or, chrysolite emerald: or, chrysoprase
Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Thou wast perfect”
H8549entire (literally, figuratively or morally); also (as noun) integrity, truth
“in thy ways”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
“from the day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“that thou wast created”
H1254(absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes)
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
“was found”
H4672properly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
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