You were PERFECT in your ways from the day you were created

[TonyChanYT]

NIV, Ezekiel 28:

15 You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created till wickedness was found in you.

Strong's Hebrew: 8549. תָּמִים (tamim) — 91 Occurrences

Brown-Driver-Briggs

1. complete, whole, entire
2. whole, sound healthful,
3. complete, entire, of time
4. sound, wholesome, unimpaired, innocent, having integrity: of God's way
5. as neuter adjective = substantive what is complete, entirely in accord with truth and fact:

New King James Version:

You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created, Till iniquity was found in you.

On Biblehub, 16 translations used "blameless"; 13 used "perfect".

 

[Josheb]

NIV, Ezekiel 28:


Strong's Hebrew: 8549. תָּמִים (tamim) — 91 Occurrences

Brown-Driver-Briggs

1. complete, whole, entire
2. whole, sound healthful,
3. complete, entire, of time
4. sound, wholesome, unimpaired, innocent, having integrity: of God's way
5. as neuter adjective = substantive what is complete, entirely in accord with truth and fact:

New King James Version:


On Biblehub, 16 translations used "blameless"; 13 used "perfect".

About whom is Ezekiel 28:15 written?

 

[CrowCross]

About whom is Ezekiel 28:15 written?

Verse 14 tells us......14 You were an anointed guardian cherub.

 

[Josheb]

Verse 14 tells us......14 You were an anointed guardian cherub.

Yes, but it's @TonyChanYT who needs to answer the question because the op does not identify the "you." And he needs to clarify which anointed guardian cherub.

It is also worth noting that the whole of scripture (not just the OT or just the NT makes a distinction between "perfect" in the sense of something maturing and "perfect" in the sense of having absolutely no defect. Sadly, our English translations do a poor job communicating the distinction. Blessedly, we have near-instant access to the Greek where the distinction can readily be discerned.

 

[CrowCross]

Yes, but it's @TonyChanYT who needs to answer the question because the op does not identify the "you." And he needs to clarify which anointed guardian cherub.

It is also worth noting that the whole of scripture (not just the OT or just the NT makes a distinction between "perfect" in the sense of something maturing and "perfect" in the sense of having absolutely no defect. Sadly, our English translations do a poor job communicating the distinction. Blessedly, we have near-instant access to the Greek where the distinction can readily be discerned.

I believe only God is "perfect".
And yes...English translations do a poor job communicating the distinction.

In baseball a pitcher can throw a "perfect" game....but in that scenario perfection has boundary's assigned to it.