Psalms 82:7
But you like men shall die: and shall fall like one of the princes.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
In Context
6I have said: You are gods and all of you the sons of the most High.
8Arise, O God, judge thou the earth: for thou shalt inherit among all the nations.
Cross References
Psalms 49:12and their sepulchres shall be their houses for ever. Their dwelling places to all generations: they have called their lands by their names.
Ezekiel 28:9Wilt thou yet say before them that slay thee: I am God; whereas thou art a man, and not God, in the hand of them that slay 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 →