American Standard Version
Psalms 2:9
9Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron;Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
Psalms 2:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
- New International Version (NIV)You will break them with a rod of iron; you will dash them to pieces like pottery.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)You shall break them with a rod of iron and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel."
- New King James Version (NKJV)You shall break them with a rod of iron; You shall dash them to pieces like a potter’s vessel.’ ”
Context of Psalms 2:9
7I will tell of the decree: Jehovah said unto me, Thou art my son; This day have I begotten thee. 8Ask of me, and I will givetheethe nations for thine inheritance, And the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel. 10Now therefore be wise, O ye kings: Be instructed, ye judges of the earth. 11Serve Jehovah with fear, And rejoice with trembling.
Read all of Psalms 2Psalms 2:9 word by word
תְּ֭רֹעֵם בְּשֵׁ֣בֶט בַּרְזֶ֑ל כִּכְלִ֖י יוֹצֵ֣ר תְּנַפְּצֵֽם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 2:9
- Psalms 21:8Thy hand will find out all thine enemies; Thy right hand will find out those that hate thee.
- Psalms 89:23And I will beat down his adversaries before him, And smite them that hate him.
- Psalms 110:5The Lord at thy right hand Will strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
- Isaiah 30:14And he shall break it as a potter’s vessel is broken, breaking it in pieces without sparing; so that there shall not be found among the pieces thereof a sherd wherewith to take fire from the hearth, or to dip up water out of the cistern.
- Isaiah 60:12For that nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.
- Jeremiah 19:11and shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah 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 in Topheth, till there be no place to bury.
- Daniel 2:44And in the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall the sovereignty thereof be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
- Matthew 21:44And he that falleth on this stone shall be broken to pieces: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust.
- Revelation 2:26And he that overcometh, and he that keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give authority over the nations:
- Revelation 12:5And she was delivered of a son, a man child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and unto his throne.
Commentaries on Psalms 2:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron - This may refer to the Jewish nation, whose final rejection of the Gospel was foreseen, and in whose place the Gentiles or heathen were brought into the Church of Christ. They were dispossessed of their land, their city was razed to its foundations, their temple was burnt with fire, and upwards of a million of themselves were slaughtered by the Romans! So heavily did the iron rod of God's judgments fall upon them…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron - That is, evidently, thine enemies, for it cannot be supposed to be meant that he would sway such a scepter over his own people. The idea is that he would crush and subdue all his foes. He would have absolute power, and the grant which had been made to him would be accompanied with authority sufficient to hold it. That dominion which was to be conceded to him would be not only one of protection to his friends, but…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-9Verses 7-9 The kingdom of the Messiah is founded upon an eternal decree of God the Father. This our Lord Jesus often referred to, as what he governed himself by. God hath said unto him, Thou art my Son, and it becomes each of us to say to him, Thou art my Lord, my Sovereign'. The Son, in asking the heathen for his inheritance, desires their happiness in him; so that he pleads for them, ever lives to do so, and is able to save to the uttermost, and he…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9The Lord grants his chosen ruler the power to conquer nations as his inheritance (Isaiah 11:4; Revelation 2:27; 12:5; 19:15), ending their rebellion, resistance, and independence.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. His enemies shall be subject to His terrible power (Job 4:9; 2Th 2:8), as His people to His grace (Psa 110:2, 3). rod of iron--denotes severity (Re 2:27). a potter's vessel--when shivered cannot be mended, which will describe utter destruction.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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