Psalm 82:7
New International Version
But you will die like mere mortals; you will fall like every other ruler.”

New Living Translation
But you will die like mere mortals and fall like every other ruler.’”

English Standard Version
nevertheless, like men you shall die, and fall like any prince.”

Berean Standard Bible
But like mortals you will die, and like rulers you will fall.”

King James Bible
But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.

New King James Version
But you shall die like men, And fall like one of the princes.”

New American Standard Bible
“Nevertheless you will die like men, And fall like one of the princes.”

NASB 1995
“Nevertheless you will die like men And fall like any one of the princes.”

NASB 1977
“Nevertheless you will die like men, And fall like any one of the princes.”

Legacy Standard Bible
Nevertheless you will die like men And you will fall like any one of the princes.”

Amplified Bible
“Nevertheless you will die like men And fall like any one of the princes.”

Christian Standard Bible
However, you will die like humans and fall like any other ruler.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
However, you will die like men and fall like any other ruler.”

American Standard Version
Nevertheless ye shall die like men, And fall like one of the princes.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Therefore, you will die like children of men and you will fall like each of the princes."

Brenton Septuagint Translation
But ye die as men, and fall as one of the princes.

Contemporary English Version
But you will die, just like everyone else, including powerful rulers."

Douay-Rheims Bible
But you like men shall die: and shall fall like one of the princes.

English Revised Version
Nevertheless ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You will certainly die like humans and fall like any prince."

Good News Translation
But you will die like mortals; your life will end like that of any prince."

International Standard Version
However, as all human beings do, you will die, and like other rulers, you will fall.'

JPS Tanakh 1917
Nevertheless ye shall die like men, And fall like one of the princes.'

Literal Standard Version
But you die as man, and you fall as one of the heads.”

Majority Standard Bible
But like mortals you will die, and like rulers you will fall.”

New American Bible
Yet like any mortal you shall die; like any prince you shall fall.”

NET Bible
Yet you will die like mortals; you will fall like all the other rulers."

New Revised Standard Version
nevertheless, you shall die like mortals, and fall like any prince.”

New Heart English Bible
Nevertheless you shall die like men, and fall like one of the rulers."

Webster's Bible Translation
But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.

World English Bible
Nevertheless you shall die like men, and fall like one of the rulers.”

Young's Literal Translation
But as man ye die, and as one of the heads ye fall,

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Context
God Presides in the Divine Assembly
6I have said, ‘You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.’ 7But like mortals you will die, and like rulers you will fall.” 8Arise, O God, judge the earth, for all the nations are Your inheritance.…

Cross References
Job 21:32
He is carried to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb.

Psalm 49:12
But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.

Psalm 83:11
Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,

Ezekiel 28:2
"Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, 'I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.' Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god.

Ezekiel 31:14
This happened so that no other trees by the waters would become great in height and set their tops among the clouds, and no other well-watered trees would reach them in height. For they have all been consigned to death, to the depths of the earth, among the mortals who descend to the Pit.'


Treasury of Scripture

But you shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.

but

Psalm 49:12
Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.

Job 21:32
Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.

Ezekiel 31:14
To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.

like men.

Psalm 83:11
Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:

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Psalm 82
1. The psalmist, having exhorted the judges
5. And reproved their negligence
8. Prays God to judge














Verse 7. - But ye shall die like men. The name of "gods," even the fact of your being representatives of God, shall not save you from condign punishment. Ye shall be punished with death, as other wicked men are punished (Psalm 73:18). And fall like one of the princes; i.e. come to an untimely end, as so many "princes" have done (see Joshua 12:9-24; Judges 1:7; Judges 3:21; Judges 7:25; Judges 8:21, etc.).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
But
אָ֭כֵן (’ā·ḵên)
Adverb
Strong's 403: Firmly, surely, but

like mortals
כְּאָדָ֣ם (kə·’ā·ḏām)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

you will die,
תְּמוּת֑וּן (tə·mū·ṯūn)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | Paragogic nun
Strong's 4191: To die, to kill

and like
וּכְאַחַ֖ד (ū·ḵə·’a·ḥaḏ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Number - masculine singular construct
Strong's 259: United, one, first

rulers
הַשָּׂרִ֣ים (haś·śā·rîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8269: Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince

you will fall.”
תִּפֹּֽלוּ׃ (tip·pō·lū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 5307: To fall, lie


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