New Living Translation
Psalms 2:9
9You will break them with an iron rod and smash them like clay pots.’”
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
7The king proclaims the Lord’s decree: “The Lord said to me, ‘You are my son. Today I have become your Father. 8Only ask, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, the whole earth as your possession. You will break them with an iron rod and smash them like clay pots.’” 10Now then, you kings, act wisely! Be warned, you rulers of the earth! 11Serve the Lord with reverent fear, and rejoice 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 21:8You will capture all your enemies. Your strong right hand will seize all who hate you.
- Psalms 89:23I will beat down his adversaries before him and destroy those who hate him.
- Psalms 110:5The Lord stands at your right hand to protect you. He will strike down many kings when his anger erupts.
- Isaiah 30:14You will be smashed like a piece of pottery— shattered so completely that there won’t be a piece big enough to carry coals from a fireplace or a little water from the well.”
- Isaiah 60:12For the nations that refuse to serve you will be destroyed.
- Jeremiah 19:11Then say to them, ‘This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: As this jar lies shattered, so I will shatter the people of Judah and Jerusalem beyond all hope of repair. They will bury the bodies here in Topheth, the garbage dump, until there is no more room for them.
- Daniel 2:44“During the reigns of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed or conquered. It will crush all these kingdoms into nothingness, and it will stand forever.
- Matthew 21:44Anyone who stumbles over that stone will be broken to pieces, and it will crush anyone it falls on.”
- Revelation 2:26To all who are victorious, who obey me to the very end, To them I will give authority over all the nations.
- Revelation 12:5She gave birth to a son who was to rule all nations with an iron rod. And her child was snatched away from the dragon and 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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