Psalms 82:7

What does Psalms 82:7 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 82:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

But you will come to death like men, falling like one of the rulers of the earth.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

But as man ye die, and as one of the heads ye fall,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

The tabernacle of the Edomites, and the Ishmahelites: Moab, and the Agarens,

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

v.6I said, Ye are gods, And all of you sons of the Most High.

v.7This passage

v.8Arise, O God, judge the earth; For thou shalt inherit all the nations.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 83:11

    Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb; Yea, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna;

  • Job 21:32

    Yet shall he be borne to the grave, And men shall keep watch over the tomb.

  • Ezekiel 31:14

    to the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves in their stature, neither set their top among the thick boughs, nor that their mighty ones stand up in their height, even 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.

  • Psalms 49:12

    But man being in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish.

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