Psalms 82:7
Nevertheless you shall die like men, and fall like one of the rulers.”
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
In Context
6I said, “You are gods, all of you are sons of the Most High.
8Arise, God, judge the earth, for you inherit all of the nations.
Cross References
Psalms 49:12But man, despite his riches, doesn’t endure. He is like the animals that perish.
Ezekiel 28:9Will you yet say before him who kills you, ‘I am God’? But you are man, and not God, in the hand of him who wounds you.
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 →