KJV King James Version
Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
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Psalm 2:6
Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
WEB World English Bible
“Yet I have set my King on my holy hill of Zion.”
ASV American Standard Version
Yet I have set my king Upon my holy hill of Zion.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘And I—I have anointed My King, Upon Zion—My holy hill.’
Surrounding context — Psalm 2
3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
7 I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou [art] my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
8 Ask of me, and I shall give [thee] the heathen [for] thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth [for] thy possession.
9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
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Revelation 14:1And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty [and] four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads.Matthew 28:18And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.Isaiah 9:6-7For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.Ephesians 1:22And hath put all [things] under his feet, and gave him [to be] the head over all [things] to the church,Hebrews 12:22But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,Psalm 45:6Thy throne, O God, [is] for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom [is] a right sceptre.Psalm 48:1-2A Song [and] Psalm for the sons of Korah. Great [is] the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, [in] the mountain of his holiness.Psalm 110:1-2A Psalm of David. The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.Psalm 89:27Also I will make him [my] firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.Psalm 78:68But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.Psalm 132:13-14For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired [it] for his habitation.Acts 5:30-31The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.Daniel 7:13-14I saw in the night visions, and, behold, [one] like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.Philippians 2:9-11Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:Psalm 89:36-37His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.Psalm 50:2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.Acts 2:34-36For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
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