New American Standard Bible 1995
Psalms 2:9
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
7“I will surely tell of the decree of the Lord: He said to Me, ‘You are My Son, Today I have begotten You. 8Ask of Me, and I will surely give the nations as Your inheritance, And the very ends of the earth as Your possession. You shall break them with a rod of iron, You shall shatter them like earthenware.’” 10Now therefore, O kings, show discernment; Take warning, O judges of the earth. 11Worship the Lord with reverence 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 21:8Your hand will find out all your enemies; Your right hand will find out those who hate you.
- Psalms 89:23But I shall crush his adversaries before him, And strike those who hate him.
- Psalms 110:5The Lord is at Your right hand; He will shatter kings in the day of His wrath.
- Isaiah 30:14Whose collapse is like the smashing of a potter’s jar, So ruthlessly shattered That a sherd will not be found among its pieces To take fire from a hearth Or to scoop water from a cistern.”
- Isaiah 60:12For the nation and the kingdom which will not serve you will perish, And the nations will be utterly ruined.
- Jeremiah 19:11and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Just so will I break this people and this city, even as one breaks a potter’s vessel, which cannot again be repaired; and they will bury in Topheth because there is no other place for burial.
- Daniel 2:44In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, and that kingdom will not be left for another people; it will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, but it will itself endure forever.
- Matthew 21:44And he who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will scatter him like dust.”
- Revelation 2:26He who overcomes, and he who keeps My deeds until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations;
- Revelation 12:5And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron; and her child was caught up to God and to 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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