Psalms 82:7
Nevertheless ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the rulers.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
In Context
6I said, Ye are gods, and all of you sons of the Most High.
8Arise, O God, judge the earth, for thou shall inherit all the nations.
Cross References
Psalms 49:12Even a man in splendor does not abide. He is like the beasts that perish.
Ezekiel 28:9Will thou yet say before him who slays thee, I am God? But thou are man, and not God, in the hand of him who wounds thee.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 82:7-8
The Duty of Magistrates. 6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. 7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. 8 Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations. We have here, I. Earthly gods abased and brought down, v. 6, 7 . The dignity of their character is acknowledged ( v. 6 ): I have said, You are gods. They have been honoured with the name and title of gods. God himself called them so in the statute against treasonable words Exod. xxii. 28… Read the whole commentary →