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Ezekiel 28:13Ezek.28.13

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.

KJV

Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Tu étais en Eden, le jardin de Dieu; Tu étais couvert de toute espèce de pierres précieuses, De sardoine, de topaze, de diamant, De chrysolithe, d'onyx, de jaspe, De saphir, d'escarboucle, d'émeraude, et d'or; Tes tambourins et tes flûtes étaient à ton service, Préparés pour le jour où tu fus créé.

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.

Patristic reading

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  • Saint Isidore of Seville

    On the Order of Creatures

    vering: carnelian, topaz, and jasper, chrysolite, onyx, and beryl, sapphire, carbuncle, and emerald (Ezekiel 28:13). He is described as being covered with these nine stones, representing the nine orders of spiritual duties he once led. Since we've discussed the number, let's also…

  • Saint Isidore of Seville

    On the Order of Creatures

    to that highest fallen angel: "You were perfect in beauty, in the delights of the paradise of God" (Ezekiel 28:13). Just as men, after their sin, were cast out from the happiness of the earthly paradise and thrust into the cursed habitation of this earth, so that while they sinne…

  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    fer, who didst rise in the morning!" and it is said to the devil in the person of the King of Tyre ( Ezech. 28:13 ): "Thou wast in the pleasures of the paradise of God," ---consequently, this opinion was reasonably rejected by the masters as erroneous. Hence others have said that…

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