Psalm 82:7

 Psalm 82:7

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

a. ASV: Nevertheless ye shall die like men, And fall like one of the princes.  [Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.]

b. YLT: But as man ye die, and as one of the heads ye fall,  [The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.]

c. Classic Amplified:  But you shall die as men and fall as one of the princes.  [Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC) Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation]

d. NLT: But you will die like mere mortals and fall like every other ruler.’”  [Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.]

e. Tehillim/Psalms: But just like men shall you perish, and like one of the princes shall you fall.  [THE ARTSCROLL TANACH SERIES TEHILLIM / PSALMS PERSONAL SIZE EDITION VOL.1 Ⓒ Copyright 1977, 1985, 1996 by MESORAH PUBLICATIONS, Ltd.]

f. Peshitta Eastern Text: Henceforth you shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.  [HOLY BIBLE FROM THE ANCIENT EASTERN TEXT.Copyright  Ⓒ 1933 by A.J. Holmon Co.; copyright  Ⓒ renewed 1968 by A.J. Holmon Co.; All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. HarperCollins Publishers, 195 Broadway, New York, NY 10007.]

1. “But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.”

a. But [Strong: 403 ʼâkên, aw-kane'; from H3559 (compare H3651); firmly; figuratively, surely; also (adversative) but:—but, certainly, nevertheless, surely, truly, verily.]

b. [ye shall] die [Strong: 4191 mûwth, mooth; a primitive root; to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill:—× at all, × crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), × must needs, slay, × surely, × very suddenly, × in (no) wise.]

c. [like] men [Strong: 120 ʼâdam, aw-dam'; from H119; ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.):—× another, hypocrite, common sort, × low, man (mean, of low degree), person.]

d. [and] fall [Strong: 5307 nâphal, naw-fal'; a primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative):—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 (× hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, × surely, throw down.]

e. [like] one [Strong: 259 ʼechâd, ekh-awd'; a numeral from H258; properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first:—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,]

f. [of the] princes [Strong: 8269 sar, sar; from H8323; a head person (of any rank or class):—captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord,(-task-)master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.]

1). This I believe refers to angels which are called sons of God in Job 1:6 and Job 2:1. In the next verse he declares that though they are children of the most high they shall die like men. At the fall of Lucifer one third of the angels rebelled with him, and another unknown number of that one third committed the additional crime of cohabitating with human woman. That is why some of the one third are bound and some are not, because the ones that committed the additional sin of cohabitating with women died.

a). Jude 6  And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

(1) first estate [Strong: 746 arche ar-khay' from 756; (properly abstract) a commencement, or (concretely) chief (in various applications of order, time, place, or rank):--beginning, corner, (at the, the) first (estate), magistrate, power, principality, principle, rule.] [Zodhiates: (In Jude 6, “angels who did not keep their own eminence” [a.t.] or original status).] [Ben Adam, Origin of Heathendom: “The Ephesisan context is clear as to these ‘principalities’ being companies of angels occupying positions of great  power and authority among the world rulers in the heavenly places; and we learn from Jude 6 that a portion of them failed to keep their position…in the heavenlies.]

b). This same Greek word is used to describe angelic position of principality.

(1) Ephesians 6:12  For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

c). It was this position that the angels that fornicated with human women left. For this reason they were judged of God to die like men.

(1) Jude 6  And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

2). There are two classes of fallen angels. Some are loose, and some are bound.

 

a). Revelation 12:7-9 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,

12:8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found in heaven anymore in heaven.

12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.                      

                      

b). 2 Peter 2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

 

3). God is no respecter of persons, if they all fell, why are some in hell and some still loosed? The additional sin that some fallen angels committed was having sex with human women, and giants were the result.

 

a). Genesis 6:1-4 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them. 

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. 

6:3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that his also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. 

6:4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

 

b). In Deuteronomy 3:11 Og, king of Bashan’s bed was “…nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.” [Unger’s Bible Dictionary: cubit=18 inches.] Hence, his bed was 13 1/2 feet long and 6 feet wide. In 1 Samuel 17:4 Goliath was 9 feet and 9 inches tall.

 

c). Only the angels that are bound [2 Peter 2:4], committed the additional sin of sex with human women. Originally there was only one group of fallen angels that followed Satan in his rebellion, but part of that same group committed the additional sin of sexual relations with women and for that additional sin they died and were bound in hell (Psalm 82:6, 7; Jude 6; 2 Peter 2:4).