Ezekiel 28:9

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Will you still say, “I am a god,” in the presence of those who kill you? Yet you are a man and not a god in the hands of those who wound you.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֶאָמֹ֤ר תֹּאמַר֙ אֱלֹהִ֣ים אָ֔נִי לִפְנֵ֖י הֹֽרְגֶ֑ךָ וְאַתָּ֥ה אָדָ֛ם וְלֹא־אֵ֖ל בְּיַ֥ד מְחַלְלֶֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

he-ʾāmōr tōʾmar ʾĕlōhîm ʾānî li-p̄nê hōrḡeḵā wə-ʾattāh ʾāḏām wə-lōʾ-ʾēl bə-yaḏ məḥaləleḵā

Grammar Details

• *he-ʾāmōr*: interrogative particle + qal infinitive absolute - will saying
• *tōʾmar*: qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - you say
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: noun masculine plural - gods/God
• *ʾānî*: 1st person singular pronoun - I
• *li-p̄nê*: preposition + plural construct - before/in the presence of
• *hōrḡeḵā*: qal participle + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your slayer
• *wə-ʾattāh*: conjunction + 2nd masculine singular pronoun - but you
• *ʾāḏām*: noun masculine singular - man/human
• *wə-lōʾ*-*ʾēl*: conjunction + negative particle + noun masculine singular - and not god
• *bə-yaḏ*: preposition + noun feminine singular construct - in the hand of
• *məḥaləleḵā*: piel participle masculine plural + 2nd masculine singular suffix - those who pierce/wound you

Word Meanings

• *he-ʾāmōr* *tōʾmar*: will you indeed say/will you still say
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: God (singular meaning despite plural form)/gods/divine beings
• *hōrḡeḵā*: your slayer/killer
• *məḥaləleḵā*: those who pierce/wound/profane you

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Will you still say before him who slays you, I am God? but you shall be a man, and no God, in the hand of him who slays you.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Will you yet say before him that slays you, I am God? but you are man, and not God, in the hand of him that woundeth you.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  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.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  as they that be slayne. Let se, yff thou wilt saye then (before the that slaye ye) I am God: where as thou art but a man, and not God, in the hondes of them that slaye the.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Wilt thou say then before him, that slayeth thee, I am a god? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hands of him that slayeth thee.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Wilt thou say then before them that slay thee, I am a God? where as thou art but a man, and not God, in the handes of them that slay thee.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  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.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  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.

• World English Bible (2000)

  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.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  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?

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 28:2 : 2 Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: Because your heart has grown proud, and you have said, “I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods, in the heart of the seas,” but you are a man and not a god, though you have set your heart as if it were the heart of a god—
• Ps 82:7 : 7 However, like men, you will die; and like one of the princes, you will fall.
• Isa 31:3 : 3 The Egyptians are human and not God; their horses are flesh and not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, both the helper will stumble and the one being helped will fall; they will all perish together.
• Dan 4:31-32 : 31 At the end of that time, I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me. I praised the Most High, honored, and glorified Him who lives forever: His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endures from generation to generation. 32 All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the inhabitants of the earth. No one can restrain His hand or say to Him, 'What have You done?'
• Dan 5:23-30 : 23 Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. You had the vessels from His house brought to you, and you and your nobles, your wives, and your concubines drank wine from them. You praised gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which cannot see, hear, or understand. But the God who holds your breath in His hand and controls all your ways, you have not glorified. 24 Therefore, He sent the hand that wrote this inscription. 25 And this is the writing that was inscribed: Mene, Mene, Tekel, and Parsin. 26 This is the interpretation of the message: Mene means that God has numbered the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end. 27 Tekel means that you have been weighed on the scales and found wanting. 28 Peres means that your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians. 29 Then Belshazzar gave the command, and they clothed Daniel in purple, put a gold chain around his neck, and proclaimed him the third highest ruler in the kingdom. 30 That very night, Belshazzar, the Chaldean king, was killed.
• Acts 12:22-23 : 22 The crowd kept shouting, 'This is the voice of a god, not of a man!' 23 Immediately, an angel of the Lord struck him down because he did not give glory to God. He was eaten by worms and died.