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6I have said{H8804)}, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.

Psalms 82:6

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? …

  • A Psalm of Asaph. God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 6-8)

We have here, I. Earthly gods abased and brought down, Ps. 82:6 , 7 . The dignity of their character is acknowledged (Ps. 82:6): I have said, You are gods . They have been honoured with the name and title of gods. God himself called them so in the statute against treasonable words Exod. 22:28; Thou shalt not revile the gods . And, if they have this style from the fountain of honour, who can disput…

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