Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version You will break them with a rod of iron; you will dash them to pieces like pottery.” New Living Translation You will break them with an iron rod and smash them like clay pots.’” English Standard Version You shall break them with a rod of iron and dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.” Berean Standard Bible You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.” King James Bible Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. New King James Version You shall break them with a rod of iron; You shall dash them to pieces like a potter’s vessel.’ ” New American Standard Bible ‘You shall break them with a rod of iron, You shall shatter them like earthenware.’” NASB 1995 ‘You shall break them with a rod of iron, You shall shatter them like earthenware.’” NASB 1977 ‘Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron, Thou shalt shatter them like earthenware.’” Legacy Standard Bible You shall break them with a rod of iron, You shall shatter them like a potter’s vessel.’” Amplified Bible ‘You shall break them with a rod of iron; You shall shatter them [in pieces] like earthenware.’” Christian Standard Bible You will break them with an iron scepter; you will shatter them like pottery.” Holman Christian Standard Bible You will break them with a rod of iron; You will shatter them like pottery.” American Standard Version Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. Contemporary English Version You will smash them with an iron rod and shatter them like dishes of clay." English Revised Version Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. GOD'S WORD® Translation You will break them with an iron scepter. You will smash them to pieces like pottery." Good News Translation You will break them with an iron rod; you will shatter them in pieces like a clay pot.'" International Standard Version You will break them with an iron rod, you will shatter them like pottery." Majority Standard Bible You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.” NET Bible You will break them with an iron scepter; you will smash them like a potter's jar!'" New Heart English Bible You shall rule them with an iron scepter. You shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel." Webster's Bible Translation Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. World English Bible You shall break them with a rod of iron. You shall dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.” Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionYou rule them with a scepter of iron, "" You crush them as a vessel of a potter.” Young's Literal Translation Thou dost rule them with a sceptre of iron, As a vessel of a potter Thou dost crush them.' Smith's Literal Translation Thou shalt rule them with a rod of iron; as a potter's vessel shalt thou break them in pieces. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThou shalt rule them with a rod of iron, and shalt break them in pieces like a potter's vessel. Catholic Public Domain Version You will rule them with an iron rod, and you will shatter them like a potter’s vessel. New American Bible With an iron rod you will shepherd them, like a potter’s vessel you will shatter them.” New Revised Standard Version You shall break them with a rod of iron, and dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.” Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleYou shall shepherd them with a rod of iron; you shall break them in pieces like a potter's vessel. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated You shall shepherd them with a scepter of iron and like a potter's vessels you will shatter them. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.' Brenton Septuagint Translation Thou shalt rule them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces as a potter's vessel. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Triumphant Messiah…8Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession. 9You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.” 10Therefore be wise, O kings; be admonished, O judges of the earth.… Cross References Revelation 2:27 He will rule them with an iron scepter and shatter them like pottery—just as I have received authority from My Father. Revelation 12:5 And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And her child was caught up to God and to His throne. Revelation 19:15 And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. Isaiah 30:14 It will break in pieces like a potter’s jar, shattered so that no fragment can be found. Not a shard will be found in the dust large enough to scoop the coals from a hearth or to skim the water from a cistern.” Jeremiah 19:11 and you are to proclaim to them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I will shatter this nation and this city, like one shatters a potter’s jar that can never again be repaired. They will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room to bury them. Daniel 2:34-35 As you watched, a stone was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay, and crushed them. / Then the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were shattered and became like chaff on the threshing floor in summer. The wind carried them away, and not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that had struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth. Daniel 2:44 In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself stand forever. Isaiah 11:4 but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips. Isaiah 60:12 For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish; it will be utterly destroyed. Jeremiah 51:20-23 “You are My war club, My weapon for battle. With you I shatter nations; with you I bring kingdoms to ruin. / With you I shatter the horse and rider; with you I shatter the chariot and driver. / With you I shatter man and woman; with you I shatter the old man and the youth; with you I shatter the young man and the maiden. ... Micah 5:15 I will take vengeance in anger and wrath upon the nations that have not obeyed Me.” Zechariah 9:10 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be broken. Then He will proclaim peace to the nations. His dominion will extend from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth. 1 Corinthians 15:24-25 Then the end will come, when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father after He has destroyed all dominion, authority, and power. / For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet. Hebrews 1:8-9 But about the Son He says: “Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom. / You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You above Your companions with the oil of joy.” Hebrews 10:13 Since that time, He waits for His enemies to be made a footstool for His feet, Treasury of Scripture You shall break them with a rod of iron; you shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. Psalm 21:8,9 Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee… Psalm 89:23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him. Psalm 110:5,6 The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath… Jump to Previous Break Broken Crush Dash Earthenware Iron Pieces Potter Potter's Pottery Rod Rule Ruled Scepter Sceptre Shatter VesselJump to Next Break Broken Crush Dash Earthenware Iron Pieces Potter Potter's Pottery Rod Rule Ruled Scepter Sceptre Shatter VesselPsalm 2 1. The kingdom of Christ10. Kings are exhorted to accept it You will break them The phrase "You will break them" in Psalm 2:9 is a powerful declaration of divine authority and judgment. The Hebrew word for "break" is "רָעַע" (ra'a), which can also mean to shatter or crush. This imagery conveys the absolute power and sovereignty of God over the nations and rulers who oppose His anointed one. Historically, this reflects the ancient Near Eastern context where kings often demonstrated their dominance by breaking pottery or other symbols of their enemies. In a spiritual sense, it underscores the futility of resisting God's will and the ultimate triumph of His kingdom. with an iron scepter You will shatter them like pottery "Then shalt thou bring full low . . . Verse 9. - Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron. It is said that these words, and those of the next clause, "cannot describe the mild rule of Christ" (Rosenmuller, Do Wette, Hupfeld, etc.). But the objectors forget that there is a severe, as well as a mild, side to the dealings of God with his human creatures. St. Paul notes in the same verse both the "severity" and the "goodness" of God (Romans 11:22). Christ, though "the Prince of Peace," "came to send a sword upon the earth" (Matthew 10:34). As the appointed Judge of men, he takes vengeance on the wicked, while he rewards the righteous (Luke 3:17; Matthew 25:46). Nay, St. John, in the Apocalypse, declares that "out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations. and "ye shall rule them with a rod of iron" (Revelation 19:15; comp. 2:27; 12:5). So, with respect to the other clause of the verse - Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel - it is to be noted that there is a similar threat made by the Lord of hosts against Jerusalem in the Book of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 19:11), and that under the new covenant the same is threatened in the Revelation (Revelation 2:27). In truth, both covenants are alike in denouncing the extreme of God's wrath on impenitent sinners, such as those here spoken of.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew You will break themתְּ֭רֹעֵם (tə·rō·‘êm) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine plural Strong's 7489: To spoil, to make, good for, nothing, bad an iron בַּרְזֶ֑ל (bar·zel) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1270: Iron, an iron implement scepter; בְּשֵׁ֣בֶט (bə·šê·ḇeṭ) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 7626: Rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe You {will} shatter them תְּנַפְּצֵֽם׃ (tə·nap·pə·ṣêm) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine plural Strong's 5310: To dash to pieces, scatter like pottery.” יוֹצֵ֣ר (yō·w·ṣêr) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 3335: To mould into a, form, as a, potter, to determine Links Psalm 2:9 NIVPsalm 2:9 NLT Psalm 2:9 ESV Psalm 2:9 NASB Psalm 2:9 KJV Psalm 2:9 BibleApps.com Psalm 2:9 Biblia Paralela Psalm 2:9 Chinese Bible Psalm 2:9 French Bible Psalm 2:9 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 2:9 You shall break them with a rod (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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