Psalms 82:6

“I said, ‘You are gods, and sons of Elyon, all of you.”
Psalms 82:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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Iאֲנִיsaid,אָמַרְתִּי‘Youאַתֶּםare gods,אֱלֹהִיםand sonsוּבְנֵיof Elyon,עֶלְיוֹןall of you.כֻּלְּכֶם

Quotation · John 10:34

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Jesus quotes Psalm 82:6 and calls it “law.”

Formula: Οὐκ ἔστιν γεγραμμένον ἐν τῷ νόμῳ ὑμῶν ὅτι “is it not written in your law…?” (John 10:34)

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Greek of the New Testament: ἀπεκρίθη αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς Οὐκ ἔστιν γεγραμμένον ἐν τῷ νόμῳ ὑμῶν ὅτι Ἐγὼ εἶπα Θεοί ἐστε

Hebrew (Masoretic text): אֲנִי אָמַרְתִּי אֱלֹהִים אַתֶּם וּבְנֵי עֶלְיוֹן כֻּלְּכֶם

Septuagint (Psalms 81:6 in the Septuagint numbering): ἐγὼ εἶπα Θεοί ἐστε καὶ υἱοὶ Υψἰστου πάντες·

In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, at most 4 consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Psalms 82:6, word by word

saidאָמַרְתִּיamarti

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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are godsאֱלֹהִיםelohim

judges

Judges who judged in God's name.

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and sonsבְנֵיvene

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

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of Elyonעֶלְיוֹןelyon

Most High, Elyon

"Elyon": the highest, the Most High. It is a title of God: there is no one above him. As an adjective, upper, high.

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Quotation · John 10:34

Jesus quotes Psalm 82:6 and calls it “law.”

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Psalms 82:6

⁶I said, ‘You are gods, and sons of Elyon, all of you.

John 10:34

³⁴Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said, you are gods’?

The context

5They do not know, and they do not understand; in darkness they walk about; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

6 · This verse (above)

7But surely like human beings you will die, and like one of the princes you will fall.’”

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