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Ezekiel 28:9

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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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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12 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הֶאָמֹ֤רhe.'a.Mor¿ really <to say>H559 →
תֹּאמַר֙to.Marwill you sayH559 →
אֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.Him[am] a godH430 →
אָ֔נִי'A.niIH589 →
לִפְנֵ֖יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440 →
הֹֽרְגֶ֑ךָho.re.Ge.khakiller yourH2026 →
וְאַתָּ֥הve.'a.Tahand youH859 →
אָדָ֛ם'a.Dam[are] a human beingH120 →
וְלֹא־ve.lo'-and notH3808 →
אֵ֖ל'ela godH410 →
בְּיַ֥דbe.Yadin [the] hand ofH3027 →
מְחַלְלֶֽיךָ׃me.cha.Lei.kha[those who] pierce youH2490 →

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Proverbs 18:12Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.2 Thessalonians 2:4He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.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.Isaiah 10:15Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood!Zephaniah 2:15This carefree city that dwells securely, that thinks to herself: “I am it, and there is none besides me,” what a ruin she has become, a resting place for beasts. Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.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.Psalms 82:7But like mortals you will die, and like rulers you will fall.”Ezekiel 16:49Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.Genesis 3:5“For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”Isaiah 37:23Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!Acts 12:23Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.Acts 12:22–23And they began to shout, “This is the voice of a god, not a man!”Daniel 5:23–30Instead, 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.Daniel 4:31–32While 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 7:4The first beast was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I watched until its wings were torn off and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man, and given the mind of a man.Psalms 9:20Lay terror upon them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. SelahJeremiah 13:21What will you say when He sets over you close allies whom you yourself trained? Will not pangs of anguish grip you, as they do a woman in labor?Jeremiah 4:30And you, O devastated one, what will you do, though you dress yourself in scarlet, though you adorn yourself with gold jewelry, though you enlarge your eyes with paint? You adorn yourself in vain; your lovers despise you; they want to take your life.

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About Ezekiel

The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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