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Psalm 82

Psa. 82:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But
'aken (Hebrew #403)
firmly; figuratively, surely; also (advers.) but
KJV usage: but, certainly, nevertheless, surely, truly, verily.
Pronounce: aw-kane'
Origin: from 3559 (compare 3651)
ye shall die
muwth (Hebrew #4191)
causatively, to kill
KJV usage: X at all, X crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), X must needs, slay, X surely, X very suddenly, X in (no) wise.
Pronounce: mooth
Origin: a primitive root: to die (literally or figuratively)
like men
'adam (Hebrew #120)
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
KJV usage: X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Pronounce: aw-dawm'
Origin: from 119
, and fall
naphal (Hebrew #5307)
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for 6419), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be (X hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, X surely, throw down.
Pronounce: naw-fal'
Origin: a primitive root
like one
'echad (Hebrew #259)
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
KJV usage: a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-)ly, each (one), + eleven, every, few, first, + highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
Pronounce: ekh-awd'
Origin: a numeral from 258
of the princes
sar (Hebrew #8269)
a head person (of any rank or class)
KJV usage: captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord, ((-task- ))master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.
Pronounce: sar
Origin: from 8323
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Prince; Princess

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 49:12• 12Nevertheless, man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish. (Psa. 49:12)
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Job 21:32• 32Yet is he carried to the graves, and watch is kept over the tomb. (Job 21:32)
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Ezek. 31:14• 14to the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves in their stature, nor set their top amidst the thick boughs, and that none of them that drink water stand up in his height by himself; for they are all given over unto death in the lower parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit. (Ezek. 31:14)
like men.Or, "like Adam," {keädam.}and fall, etc.Or, "as fall as one of them, O ye princes."
Psa. 83:11• 11Make their nobles as Oreb and as Zeeb; and all their chiefs as Zebah and as Zalmunna. (Psa. 83:11)
• They fall thus from wielding God's authority in the earth, into the place of responsible man, and God arising judges the earth. Here iniquity towards man, the reparation of judgment entrusted to man from righteousness, is dealt with by God. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 81-84” by J.N. Darby)
• God is not indifferent to this unrighteousness. Those who pervert judgment will themselves come under judgment. The high position that God had given them, as His representatives, will not secure them against His just judgment. They will fall even as any earthly prince who rules without fear of God. (“Psalms 82” by H. Smith)
• Judgment must begin at the house of God (1 Pet. 4:17). Those who have taken that responsible place are judged first (vs. 7). (“Book 3.” by B. Anstey)
• When He comes the second time He will execute judgment in Israel beginning with the responsible (apostate) Jewish rulers. This psalm then describes the judgment the Lord will execute in the day that He comes to deliver the remnant. (“Book 3.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But ye shall die like mene, and fall like one of the princes.

JND Translation Notes

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Adam.