Psalms 82:6
I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.
KJV
Quoniam cogitaverunt unanimiter ; simul adversum te testamentum disposuerunt :
Vulgate
ὅτι ἐβουλεύσαντο ἐν ὁμονοίᾳ ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό, κατὰ σοῦ διαθήκην διέθεντο,
LXX
I said, Ye are gods, And all of you sons of the Most High.
ASV
אֲֽנִי אָ֭מַרְתִּי אֱלֹהִ֣ים אַתֶּ֑ם וּ/בְנֵ֖י עֶלְי֣וֹן כֻּלְּ/כֶֽם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
עֶלְי֔וֹן
'lyvn
adjective · 51×
Intertextual echoes
Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.
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John 10:34 · exact_quote"Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?"Jesus quotes Psalm 82: I said you are gods
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§441In the Old Testament, "son of God" is a title given to the angels, the Chosen People, the children of Israel, and their kings.44 It signifies an adoptive sonship that establishes a relationship of particular intimacy between God and his creature. When the promised Messiah-King is called "son of God", it does not necessarily imply that he was more than human, according to the li…
City of God · 3 passages
Chapter 23.—That the Name of Gods is Falsely Given to the Gods of the Gentiles, Though Scripture Applies It Both to the Holy Angels and Just Men. If the Platonists prefer to call these angels gods rather than demons, and to reckon them with those whom Plato, their founder and master, maintains were created by the supreme God,362362 Timæus. they are welcome to do so, for I will …
Chapter 1.—That the Platonists Themselves Have Determined that God Alone Can Confer Happiness Either on Angels or Men, But that It Yet Remains a Question Whether Those Spirits Whom They Direct Us to Worship, that We May Obtain Happiness, Wish Sacrifice to Be Offered to Themselves, or to the One God Only. It is the decided opinion of all who use their brains, that all men desire…
Chapter 23.—Whether We are to Believe that Angels, Who are of a Spiritual Substance, Fell in Love with the Beauty of Women, and Sought Them in Marriage, and that from This Connection Giants Were Born. In the third book of this work (c. 5) we made a passing reference to this question, but did not decide whether angels, inasmuch as they are spirits, could have bodily intercourse …
Cross-references
- Deut 14:1 — Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
- Eccl 6:10 — That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
- Exod 4:16 — And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.
- Exod 7:1 — And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
- Exod 12:12 — For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LOR
- Gen 6:2 — That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
- John 10:33 — The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
- John 10:34 — Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
- John 10:34 — Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
- Matt 5:9 — Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
- Ps 9:20 — Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.
- Ps 58:1 — Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
- Ps 67:4 — O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.
- Ps 82:1 — God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.
- Ps 82:1 — God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.
- Ps 138:1 — I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.
- Zech 12:8 — In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before