Psalms 82 · Verse 7

Psalms 82:7

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

Psalms 82:7, King James Version

Psalms 82:7 in other translations

BSB	But like mortals you will die, and like rulers you will fall.”
WEB	Nevertheless you shall die like men, and fall like one of the rulers.”
ASV	Nevertheless ye shall die like men, And fall like one of the princes.
YLT	But as man ye die, and as one of the heads ye fall,
DARBY	But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
BBE	But you will come to death like men, falling like one of the rulers of the earth.
Webster	But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.

What does Psalms 82:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 82:6-7

6-7. Though God admitted their official dignity (Joh 10:34), He reminds them of their mortality.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 7 But ye shall die like men - כאדם keadam, "ye shall die like Adam," who fell from his high perfection and dignity as ye have done. Your high office cannot secure you an immortality. And fall like one of the princes - Justice shall pursue you, and judgment shall overtake you; and you shall be executed like public state criminals. You shall not, in the course of nature, fall into the grave; but your life shall be brought to an end by a legal sentence, or a particular judgment of God.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 82:6-8

It is hard for men to have honour put upon them, and not to be proud of it. But all the rulers of the earth shall die, and all their honour shall be laid in the dust. God governs the world. There is a righteous God to whom we may go, and on whom we may depend. This also has respect to the kingdom of the Messiah. Considering the state of affairs in the world, we have need to pray that the Lord Jesus would speedily…

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Psalms 82:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אָ֭כֵן'A.khenneverthelessH403

כְּאָדָ֣םke.'a.Damlike humankindH120

תְּמוּת֑וּןte.mu.Tunyou will die !H4191

וּכְאַחַ֖דu.khe.'a.Chadand like one ofH259

הַשָּׂרִ֣יםha.sa.Rimthe princesH8269

תִּפֹּֽלוּ\׃ti.Po.luyou will fallH5307

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 82:7

Psalms 49:12
Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
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.
Psalms 83:11
Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:
Job 21:32
Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But.
49:12; Job 21:32; Eze 31:14
like men.Or, "like Adam," {keädam.}
and fall, etc.Or, "as fall as one of them, O ye princes."
83:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

Psalms 82:6
I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.
Psalms 82:7
But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
Psalms 82:8
Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.

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Psalms 82:7 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Empero como hombres moriréis, y caeréis como cualquiera de los tiranos.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Mais vous mourrez comme un homme, et vous tomberez comme un des princes.
German Elberfelder 1871	Doch wie ein Mensch werdet ihr sterben, und wie einer der Fürsten werdet ihr fallen.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	tabernacula Idumæorum et Ismahelitæ, Moab et Agareni,