Parallel Verses
Amplified
‘You shall break them with a rod of iron;
You shall shatter them [in pieces] like earthenware.’”
New American Standard Bible
You shall
King James Version
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
Holman Bible
You
International Standard Version
You will break them with an iron rod, you will shatter them like pottery."
A Conservative Version
Thou shall break them with a rod of iron, thou shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
American Standard Version
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
Bible in Basic English
They will be ruled by you with a rod of iron; they will be broken like a potter's vessel.
Darby Translation
Thou shalt break them with a sceptre of iron, as a potter's vessel thou shalt dash them in pieces.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou shalt rule them with a rod of iron; as a potter's vessel shalt thou break them in pieces. kings, and be instructed, ye judging the land.
King James 2000
You shall break them with a rod of iron; you shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
Lexham Expanded Bible
You will break them with an iron rod. Like a potter's vessel you will shatter them."
Modern King James verseion
You shall break them with a rod of iron; You shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thou shalt bruise them with a rod of iron, and break them in pieces like a potter's vessel."
NET Bible
You will break them with an iron scepter; you will smash them like a potter's jar!'"
New Heart English Bible
You shall rule them with a rod of iron. You shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel."
The Emphasized Bible
Thou shalt shepherd them with a sceptre of iron, - as a potter's vessel, shalt thou dash them in pieces.
Webster
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
World English Bible
You shall break them with a rod of iron. You shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel."
Youngs Literal Translation
Thou dost rule them with a sceptre of iron, As a vessel of a potter Thou dost crush them.'
Themes
Iron » First recorded use of » Articles made of » Rods for scourging
Iron » Illustrative » Of severe exercise of power
Kings » Judgments upon, when opposed to Christ
Power » Of Christ » The wicked will be destroyed by
Topics
Interlinear
Ra`a`
Naphats
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 2:9
Prayers for Psalm 2:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Messiah's Reign
8
‘Ask of Me, and I will assuredly give [You] the nations as Your inheritance,
And the ends of the earth as Your possession.
‘You shall break them with a rod of iron;
You shall shatter them [in pieces] like earthenware.’”
Now therefore, O kings, act wisely;
Be instructed and take warning, O leaders (judges, rulers) of the earth.
Cross References
Psalm 89:23
“I will crush his adversaries before him,
And strike those who hate him.
Revelation 12:5
And she gave birth to a Son, a male Child, who is destined to rule (shepherd) all the nations with a rod of iron; and her Child was
Psalm 110:5-6
The Lord is at Your right hand,
He
Isaiah 30:14
“Whose collapse is like the smashing of a potter’s jar,
Crushed so savagely
that there cannot be found among its pieces a potsherd [large enough]
To take [coals of] fire from a fireplace,
Or to scoop water from a cistern.”
Jeremiah 19:11
and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “This is the way I will break this people and this city as one breaks a potter’s vessel, so that it cannot be mended. They will bury [corpses] in Topheth until there is no more room left [in that place] to bury [the dead].
Revelation 2:26-27
Psalm 21:8-9
Your hand will reach out and defeat all your enemies;
Your right hand will reach those who hate you.
Isaiah 60:12
“For the nation or the kingdom which will not serve you [Jerusalem] shall perish,
And the nations [that refuse to serve] shall be utterly ruined.
Daniel 2:44
In the days of those [final ten] kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will its sovereignty be left for another people; but it will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, and it will stand forever.
Matthew 21:44
Revelation 19:15
From His mouth comes a sharp sword (His word) with which He may strike down the nations, and He will