Ezekiel 28:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’ in the presence of those who slay you? You will be only a man, not a god, in the hands of those who wound you.”
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“Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’ in the presence of those who slay you? You will be only a man, not a god, in the hands of those who wound you.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou art man, and not God, in the hand of him that woundeth thee.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Dost thou really say, `I <FI>am<Fi> God,' Before him who is slaying thee? And thou <FI>art<Fi> man, and not God, In the hand of him who is piercing thee.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezekiel 28:9 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 82:7But like mortals you will die, and like rulers you will fall.”
- Isaiah 31:3But the Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, the helper will stumble, and the one he helps will fall; both will perish together.
- 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.
- Daniel 4:31While the words were still in the king’s mouth, a voice came from heaven: “It is decreed to you, King Nebuchadnezzar, that the kingdom has departed from you.
- Daniel 5:23Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you have failed to glorify the God who holds in His hand your very breath and all your ways.
- Acts 12:22And they began to shout, “This is the voice of a god, not a man!”
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