Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Will you say, in the face of those who are taking your life, I am God? but you are man and not God in the hands of those who are wounding you.
New American Standard Bible
In the presence of your slayer,
Though you are a man and not God,
In the hands of those who wound you?
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
in the presence of those who kill
Yet you will be only a man, not a god,
in the hands of those who kill you.
International Standard Version
Is that when you'll say, "I'm God' to the face of those who will be killing you? After all, you're a man, and have never been a god, especially when you're under the control of those who will defile you!
A Conservative Version
Will thou yet say before him who slays thee, I am God? But thou are man, and not God, in the hand of him who wounds thee.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
‘Will you still say, “I am a god,”
In the presence of him who kills you?
But you are [only] a man [made of earth] and not God,
In the hands of those who wound and profane you.
Darby Translation
Wilt thou then say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and not God, in the hand of him that pierceth thee.
Julia Smith Translation
Saying, wilt thou say, I am God, before him slaying thee? and thou art man and not God, in the hand of him wounding thee.
King James 2000
Will you yet say before him that slays you, I am a god? but you shall be a man, and no god, in the hand of him that slays you.
Lexham Expanded Bible
{Will you indeed still say} "I [am] a god!" before the face of your killers? And [in fact] you [are] a human and not a god in the hand of {those who pierce you}.
Modern King James verseion
Will you yet say before him who kills you, I am of the gods? But you are a man, and not God, in the hand of him who kills you.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
as they that be slain. Let see, if thou wilt say then, before them that slay thee, 'I am God' - whereas thou art but a man and not God, in the hands of them that slayeth thee.
NET Bible
Will you still say, "I am a god," before the one who kills you -- though you are a man and not a god -- when you are in the power of those who wound you?
New Heart English Bible
Will 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.
The Emphasized Bible
Wilt thou really say, God, am I, before him who is slaying thee; When, thou, art a man and not a God, in the hand of them who are piercing h thee?
Webster
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.
World English Bible
Will 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.
Youngs Literal Translation
Dost thou really say, 'I am God,' Before him who is slaying thee? And thou art man, and not God, In the hand of him who is piercing thee.
Themes
The Providence of God » Danger of denying
Self-exaltation » Instances of » Prince of tyre, making himself God
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 28:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Prophecy Aimed At The King Of Tyre
8 They will send you down to the underworld, and your death will be the death of those who are put to the sword in the heart of the seas. 9 Will you say, in the face of those who are taking your life, I am God? but you are man and not God in the hands of those who are wounding you. 10 Your death will be the death of those who are without circumcision, by the hands of men from strange lands: for I have said it, says the Lord.
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Cross References
Ezekiel 28:2
Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, This is what the Lord has said: Because your heart has been lifted up, and you have said, I am a god, I am seated on the seat of God in the heart of the seas; but you are man and not God, though you have made your heart as the heart of God:
Isaiah 31:3
For the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses are flesh, and not spirit: and when the Lord's hand is stretched out, the helper and he who is helped will come down together.
Daniel 4:31-32
While the word was still in the king's mouth, a voice came down from heaven, saying, O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is said: The kingdom has gone from you:
Daniel 5:23-30
But you have been lifting yourself up against the Lord of heaven, and they have put the vessels of his house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your women, have taken wine in them; and you have given praise to gods of silver and gold, of brass and iron and wood and stone, who are without the power of seeing or hearing, and without knowledge: and to the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways, you have not given glory;
Acts 12:22-23
And the people, with loud cries, said, It is the voice of a god, not of a man.