KJV King James Version
I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou [art] my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
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Psalm 2:7
I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou [art] my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.
WEB World English Bible
I will tell of the decree. Yahweh said to me, “You are my son. Today I have become your father.
ASV American Standard Version
I will tell of the decree: Jehovah said unto me, Thou art my son; This day have I begotten thee.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
I declare concerning a statute: Jehovah said unto me, ‘My Son Thou art, I to-day have brought thee forth.
Surrounding context — Psalm 2
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.
10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
אֲסַפְּרָ֗הH5608 · sa.pharto recountאֶֽ֫לH413 · elto(wards)חֹ֥קH2706 · choqstatute: decreeיְֽהוָ֗הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאָמַ֘רH559 · a.marto sayאֵלַ֥יH413 · elto(wards)בְּנִ֥יH1121 · benson: childאַ֑תָּהH859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)אֲ֝נִ֗יH589 · a.niIהַיּ֥וֹםH3117 · yomdayיְלִדְתִּֽיךָ׃H3205 · ya.ladto beget
Cross-references
Hebrews 5:5So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee.Acts 13:33God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.Hebrews 1:5-6For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?Matthew 3:17And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.Matthew 17:5While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.Psalm 89:27Also I will make him [my] firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.Romans 1:4And declared [to be] the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:John 3:16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.John 1:14And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.Matthew 16:16And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.John 1:18No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him].Hebrews 3:6But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.Hebrews 5:8Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;Matthew 8:29And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?Isaiah 46:10Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times [the things] that are not [yet] done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:Psalm 148:6He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.Job 23:13But he [is] in one [mind], and who can turn him? and [what] his soul desireth, even [that] he doeth.Acts 8:36And as they went on [their] way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, [here is] water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
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