Parallel Verses

Amplified


The Lord will send the scepter of Your strength from Zion, saying,
“Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”

New American Standard Bible

The Lord will stretch forth Your strong scepter from Zion, saying,
Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”

King James Version

The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.

Holman Bible

The Lord will extend Your mighty scepter from Zion.
Rule over Your surrounding enemies.

International Standard Version

When the LORD extends your mighty scepter from Zion, rule in the midst of your enemies.

A Conservative Version

LORD will send forth the rod of thy strength out of Zion. Rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.

American Standard Version

Jehovah will send forth the rod of thy strength out of Zion: Rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.

Darby Translation

Jehovah shall send the sceptre of thy might out of Zion: rule in the midst of thine enemies.

Julia Smith Translation

The rod of thy strength will Jehovah send out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.

King James 2000

The LORD shall send the rod of your strength out of Zion: rule you in the midst of your enemies.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Yahweh will send out your mighty scepter from Zion; rule in the midst of your enemies.

Modern King James verseion

Jehovah shall send the rod of Your strength out of Zion; rule in the midst of Your enemies.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The LORD shall send the rod of thy power out of Zion; be thou ruler, even in the midst among thine enemies.

NET Bible

The Lord extends your dominion from Zion. Rule in the midst of your enemies!

New Heart English Bible

The LORD will send forth the rod of your strength out of Zion. Rule in the midst of your enemies.

The Emphasized Bible

Thy sceptre of strength, will Yahweh extend out of Zion, Tread thou down, in the midst of thy foes.

Webster

The LORD will send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thy enemies.

World English Bible

Yahweh will send forth the rod of your strength out of Zion. Rule in the midst of your enemies.

Youngs Literal Translation

The rod of thy strength doth Jehovah send from Zion, Rule in the midst of thine enemies.

Context Readings

The Priestly King

1 The Lord (Father) says to my Lord (the Messiah, His Son),
“Sit at My right hand
Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet [subjugating them into complete submission].”
2 
The Lord will send the scepter of Your strength from Zion, saying,
“Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”
3
Your people will offer themselves willingly [to participate in Your battle] in the day of Your power;
In the splendor of holiness, from the womb of the dawn,
Your young men are to You as the dew.


Cross References

Exodus 7:19

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, over their pools, and over all their reservoirs of water, so that they may become blood; and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, in containers both of wood and of stone.’”

Exodus 8:5

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers, over the streams and canals, over the pools [among the reeds], and make frogs come up on the land of Egypt.’”

Psalm 2:8-9


‘Ask of Me, and I will assuredly give [You] the nations as Your inheritance,
And the ends of the earth as Your possession.

Psalm 22:28-29


For the kingship and the kingdom are the Lord’s
And He rules over the nations.

Psalm 45:5-6


Your arrows are sharp;
The peoples (nations) fall under You;
Your arrows pierce the hearts of the King’s enemies.

Psalm 72:8


May he also rule from sea to sea
And from the River [Euphrates] to the ends of the earth.

Isaiah 2:3


And many peoples shall come and say,
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
To the house (temple) of the God of Jacob;
That He may teach us His ways
And that we may walk in His paths.”
For the law will go out from Zion
And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 48:17


“Show sympathy for him, all you [nations] who are around him,
And all you [distant nations] who know his name;
Say, ‘How has the mighty scepter [of national power] been broken,
And the splendid staff [of glory]!’

Ezekiel 19:14


‘And the fire [of Zedekiah’s rebellion] has gone out from its branch;
It has consumed the vine’s shoots and fruit,
So that it has in it no [longer a] strong branch
As a scepter to rule.’”


This is a dirge (funeral poem to be sung), and has become a dirge.

Ezekiel 47:1

Then he [my guide] brought me back to the door of the house [the temple of the Lord]; and behold, water was flowing from under the threshold of the house (temple) toward the east, for the front of the temple was facing east. And the water was flowing down from under, from the right side of the house, from south of the altar.

Daniel 7:13-14


“I kept looking in the night visions,
And behold, on the clouds of heaven
One like a Son of Man was coming,
And He came up to the Ancient of Days
And was presented before Him.

Micah 4:2


And many nations shall come and say,
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
To the house of the God of Jacob,
That He may teach us about His ways
And that we may walk in His paths.”
For the law shall go forward from Zion,
And the word of the Lord [the revelation about Him and His truth] from Jerusalem.

Micah 7:14


Shepherd and rule Your people with Your scepter [of blessing],
The flock of Your inheritance and Your possession
Which dwells alone [separate and secure from attack] in the forest,
In the midst of a garden land.
Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead
As in the days of old [the days of Moses and Elijah].

Matthew 28:18-20

Jesus came up and said to them, “All authority (all power of absolute rule) in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.

Acts 2:34-37

For David did not ascend into the heavens, yet he himself says,

The Lord [the Father] said to my Lord [the Son],
Sit at My right hand,

Romans 1:16

I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation [from His wrath and punishment] to everyone who believes [in Christ as Savior], to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

1 Corinthians 1:23-24

but we preach Christ crucified, [a message which is] to Jews a stumbling block [that provokes their opposition], and to Gentiles foolishness [just utter nonsense],

2 Corinthians 10:4-5

The weapons of our warfare are not physical [weapons of flesh and blood]. Our weapons are divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses.

1 Thessalonians 2:13

And we also thank God continually for this, that when you received the word of God [concerning salvation] which you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of [mere] men, but as it truly is, the word of God, which is effectually at work in you who believe [exercising its inherent, supernatural power in those of faith].

1 Peter 1:12

It was revealed to them that their services [their prophecies regarding grace] were not [meant] for themselves and their time, but for you, in these things [the death, resurrection, and glorification of Jesus Christ] which have now been told to you by those who preached the gospel to you by the [power of the] Holy Spirit [who was] sent from heaven. Into these things even the angels long to look.

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