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[[Psalm]] 82:1 Psalm 89:7 [[Job]] 1:6 Job 2:1 Job 38:7 [[Hosea]] 1:10 <p> The expression <i> sons of [[God]] </i> employs a [[Hebrew]] idiom in which “son(s)” refers to participants in a class or in a state of being, and the second word describes the class or state of being. Thus, in [[Genesis]] 5:32 , [[Noah]] is said to be a “son of five hundred years,” meaning he was 500 years old. [[In]] [[English]] an adjective often best translates the second term, so that “divine beings” rather than “sons of God” would be a better rendition of the Hebrew. This accords with the NRSV's translation “heavenly beings” for “sons of gods” in Psalm 29:1; Psalm 89:6 . </p> <p> In the New Testament, “sons of God” always refers to human beings who do God's will ( [[Matthew]] 5:9; [[Romans]] 8:14 ,Romans 8:14, 8:19 ). [[Similar]] expressions with the same meaning are to be found in Matthew 5:45; [[John]] 1:12; Romans 9:26 ( Hosea 1:10 ), and 2 Corinthians 6:18 . The usual designation of the heavenly beings in the New [[Testament]] is “angels.” [[See]] Angels; [[Divine]] Council; [[God]]; [[Son [[Of]] God]] . </p> <p> [[Fred]] L. Horton, Jr. </p>

<p> The descendants of [[Seth]] were called by the name of the [[Lord]] ( [[Genesis]] 4:25,26 ). This is not true in reference to the descendants of Cain. The servants of [[God]] in all ages have been called the sons of God ( [[Job]] 1:6; [[Romans]] 8:14; 1 [[John]] 3:2 ). The character of Seth's descendants proves that they were the sons of God ( Genesis 5:3-29; Genesis 6:9; Genesis 7:1 ). The character of Cain's descendants proves that they were not the sons of God, for [[Cain]] Himself was a murderer, a fugitive, and vagabond ( Genesis 4:8-14 ), and his descendants were polygamists and murderers ( Genesis 4:17-23 ). </p>