Ezekiel 28:9

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⁹Will you then say, “I am a god,”
in the presence of those who kill you?
You will be but a mortal, not a god,^(A)
in the hands of those who slay you.^(B)

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Ezekiel 28:9 in all English translations

Ezekiel 28:2

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²“Son of man^(A), say to the ruler of Tyre, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘In the pride of your heart
    you say, “I am a god;
I sit on the throne^(B) of a god
    in the heart of the seas.”^(C)
But you are a mere mortal and not a god,
    though you think you are as wise as a god.^(D)

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Isaiah 31:3

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³But the Egyptians^(A) are mere mortals and not God;^(B)
    their horses^(C) are flesh and not spirit.
When the Lord stretches out his hand,^(D)
    those who help will stumble,
    those who are helped^(E) will fall;
    all will perish together.^(F)

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Isaiah 31:3 in all English translations

Psalm 82:7

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⁷But you will die^(A) like mere mortals;
you will fall like every other ruler.”

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Acts 12:22-23

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²²They shouted, “This is the voice of a god, not of a man.” ²³Immediately, because Herod did not give praise to God, an angel^(A) of the Lord struck him down,^(B) and he was eaten by worms and died.

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Daniel 5:23-30

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²³Instead, you have set yourself up against^(A) the Lord of heaven. You had the goblets from his temple brought to you, and you and your nobles, your wives^(B) and your concubines drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand.^(C) But you did not honor the God who holds in his hand your life^(D) and all your ways.^(E) ²⁴Therefore he sent the hand that wrote the inscription.

²⁵“This is the inscription that was written:

mene, mene, tekel, parsin

²⁶“Here is what these words mean:

Mene^[a]: God has numbered the days^(F) of your reign and brought it to an end.^(G)

²⁷Tekel^[b]: You have been weighed on the scales^(H) and found wanting.^(I)

²⁸Peres^[c]: Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes^(J) and Persians.”^(K)

²⁹Then at Belshazzar’s command, Daniel was clothed in purple, a gold chain was placed around his neck,^(L) and he was proclaimed the third highest ruler in the kingdom.^(M)

³⁰That very night Belshazzar,^(N) king^(O) of the Babylonians,^[d] was slain,^(P)

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Footnotes

Daniel 5:26 Mene can mean numbered or mina (a unit of money).
Daniel 5:27 Tekel can mean weighed or shekel.
Daniel 5:28 Peres (the singular of Parsin) can mean divided or Persia or a half mina or a half shekel.
Daniel 5:30 Or Chaldeans

Daniel 4:31-32

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³¹Even as the words were on his lips, a voice came from heaven, “This is what is decreed for you, King Nebuchadnezzar: Your royal authority has been taken from you.^(A) ³²You will be driven away from people and will live with the wild animals; you will eat grass like the ox. Seven times will pass by for you until you acknowledge that the Most High is sovereign over all kingdoms on earth and gives them to anyone he wishes.”^(B)

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