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Psalms 2:9
9You will break them with a rod of iron; you will dash them to pieces like pottery.”
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.
- 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.’ ”
- New Living Translation (NLT)You will break them with an iron rod and smash them like clay pots.’”
Context of Psalms 2:9
7I will proclaim the Lord’s decree: He said to me, “You are my son; today I have become your father. 8Ask me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession. You will break them with a rod of iron; you will dash them to pieces like pottery.” 10Therefore, you kings, be wise; be warned, you rulers of the earth. 11Serve the Lord with fear and celebrate his rule with trembling.
Read all of Psalms 2Psalms 2:9 word by word
תְּ֭רֹעֵם בְּשֵׁ֣בֶט בַּרְזֶ֑ל כִּכְלִ֖י יוֹצֵ֣ר תְּנַפְּצֵֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 2:9
- Psalms 21:8Your hand will lay hold on all your enemies; your right hand will seize your foes.
- Psalms 89:23I will crush his foes before him and strike down his adversaries.
- Psalms 110:5The Lord is at your right hand; he will crush kings on the day of his wrath.
- Isaiah 30:14It will break in pieces like pottery, shattered so mercilessly that among its pieces not a fragment will be found for taking coals from a hearth or scooping water out of a cistern.”
- Isaiah 60:12For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish; it will be utterly ruined.
- Jeremiah 19:11and say to them, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty says: I will smash this nation and this city just as this potter’s jar is smashed and cannot be repaired. They will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room.
- Daniel 2:44“In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever.
- Matthew 21:44Anyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls will be crushed.”
- Revelation 2:26To the one who is victorious and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations—
- Revelation 12:5She gave birth to a son, a male child, who “will rule all the nations with an iron scepter.” And her child was snatched 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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