KJV King James Version
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Psalm 2:9
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.”
WEB World English Bible
You shall break them with a rod of iron. You shall dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.”
ASV American Standard Version
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Thou dost rule them with a sceptre of iron, As a vessel of a potter Thou dost crush them.’
Surrounding context — Psalm 2
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.
11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish [from] the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed [are] all they that put their trust in him.
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Revelation 2:26-27And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:Revelation 12:5And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and [to] his throne.Psalm 89:23And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.Revelation 19:15And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.Psalm 21:8-9Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.Psalm 110:5-6The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.Isaiah 30:14And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters’ vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water [withal] out of the pit.Daniel 2:44And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, [but] it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.Jeremiah 19:11And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as [one] breaketh a potter’s vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury [them] in Tophet, till [there be] no place to bury.Isaiah 60:12For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, [those] nations shall be utterly wasted.Matthew 21:44And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
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