Ezekiel 28:9

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.

📖 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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord GOD; Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet you are a man and not God, though you set your heart as the heart of God:
• Ps 82:7 : 7 But you shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
• Isa 31:3 : 3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses are flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, both he who helps will fall, and he who is helped will fall down, and they all will fail together.
• Dan 4:31-32 : 31 While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken; The kingdom has departed from you. 32 And they shall drive you from men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field; they shall make you eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He will.
• Dan 5:23-30 : 23 But you have lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven. They have brought the vessels of His house before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them, and you have praised the gods of silver, and gold, brass, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know; and the God who holds your breath in His hand and owns all your ways, you have not glorified. 24 Then the fingers of the hand were sent from Him, and this writing was written. 25 And this is the writing that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. 26 This is the interpretation of each word: MENE: God has numbered your kingdom, and finished it. 27 TEKEL: You have been weighed in the balances, and found wanting. 28 PERES: Your kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians. 29 Then Belshazzar commanded, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, put a chain of gold around his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. 30 That very night Belshazzar, king of the Chaldeans, was slain.
• Acts 12:22-23 : 22 And the people shouted, 'It is the voice of a god, and not of a man!' 23 And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died.