Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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References
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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 shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou didst die the deaths of the wounded in the heart of the seas. 9 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. 10 Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I spake, says the Lord Jehovah.
Names
Cross References
Ezekiel 28:2
Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because thy heart was lifted up, and thou wilt say, I am God, I sat upon the seat of God in the heart of the seas; and thou art man and not God, and thou wilt give thy heart as the heart of God.
Psalm 82:7
But as man shall ye die, and as one of the chiefs shall ye fall.
Isaiah 31:3
And the Egyptians, men and not God; and their horses, flesh and not spirit And Jehovah will stretch forth his hand, and he helping became weak, and he being helped, fell, and together shall they all be finished.
Daniel 4:31-32
Yet the word in the king's mouth, a voice from the heavens fell to thee, being said, O Nebuchadnezzar the king, the kingdom passed away from thee:
Daniel 5:23-30
And against the Lord of the heavens thou didst lift up thyself; and for the vessels of his house they brought before thee, and thou and thy nobles, and thy wives, and thy concubines, drinking wine in them; and to the gods of silver and gold, brass, iron, wood, and stone, who see not, and hear not, and know not, thou didst praise: and to the God whom thy breath in his hand, and all thy ways to him, thou didst not honor.
Acts 12:22-23
And the people called aloud, The voice of God, and not of man.