The Meaning of Ezekiel 28:15 Explained

Ezekiel 28:15

KJV: Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.

YLT: Perfect art thou in thy ways, From the day of thy being produced, Till perversity hath been found in thee.

Darby: Thou wast perfect in thy ways, from the day that thou wast created, till unrighteousness was found in thee.

ASV: Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till unrighteousness was found in thee.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Thou [wast] perfect  in thy ways  from the day  that thou wast created,  till iniquity  was found  in thee. 

What does Ezekiel 28:15 Mean?

Verse Meaning

The king had conducted himself blamelessly from his earliest days until he lifted himself up in pride.
Some interpreters believed that the Old Testament speaks of the fall of Satan in Isaiah 14:12-17 as well as in this passage. [1] Cooper charted the similarities between these two passages. [2] I think that neither Ezekiel 28:11-19 nor Isaiah 14contains information about Satan before the Fall. The main reason for this conclusion, among others, is that in both cases a king (of Tyre or Babylon) is the object of the prophecy. A literal interpretation of these "kings" is possible and, therefore, preferable.

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 28

1  God's judgment upon the prince of Tyrus for his sacrilegious pride
11  A lamentation of his great glory corrupted by Sidon
20  The judgment of Zion
24  The restoration of Israel

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 28:15 mean?

Perfect You [were] in your ways from the day you were created Till was found iniquity in you
תָּמִ֤ים אַתָּה֙ בִּדְרָכֶ֔יךָ מִיּ֖וֹם הִבָּֽרְאָ֑ךְ עַד־ נִמְצָ֥א עַוְלָ֖תָה בָּֽךְ

תָּמִ֤ים  Perfect 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: תָּמִים  
Sense: complete, whole, entire, sound.
אַתָּה֙  You  [were] 
Parse: Pronoun, second person masculine singular
Root: אַתְּ 
Sense: you (second pers.
בִּדְרָכֶ֔יךָ  in  your  ways 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, common plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
מִיּ֖וֹם  from  the  day 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
הִבָּֽרְאָ֑ךְ  you  were  created 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Infinitive construct, second person masculine singular
Root: בָּרָא 
Sense: to create, shape, form.
עַד־  Till 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַד  
Sense: as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as.
נִמְצָ֥א  was  found 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מָצָא  
Sense: to find, attain to.
עַוְלָ֖תָה  iniquity 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: עָוֶל 
Sense: injustice, unrighteousness, wrong.
בָּֽךְ  in  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular