Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

Make your request to me, and I will give you the nations for your heritage, and the farthest limits of the earth will be under your hand.

New American Standard Bible

‘Ask of Me, and I will surely give the nations as Your inheritance,
And the very ends of the earth as Your possession.

King James Version

Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

Holman Bible

Ask of Me,
and I will make the nations Your inheritance
and the ends of the earth Your possession.

International Standard Version

Ask of me, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, the ends of the earth as your possession.

A Conservative Version

Ask of me, and I will give [thee] the nations for thine inheritance, and the outermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

American Standard Version

Ask of me, and I will give thee the nations for thine inheritance, And the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

Amplified


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

Darby Translation

Ask of me, and I will give thee nations for an inheritance, and for thy possession the ends of the earth:

Julia Smith Translation

Ask of me and I will give the nations thine inheritance, and thy possession the extremities of the earth.

King James 2000

Ask of me, and I shall give you the nations for your inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Ask from me and I will make [the] nations your heritage, and your possession [the] ends of [the] earth.

Modern King James verseion

Ask of Me, and I shall give the nations for Your inheritance; and the uttermost parts of the earth for Your possession.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Desire of me, and I shall give thee the Heathen for thine inheritance; and the uttermost parts of the world for thy possession.

NET Bible

Ask me, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, the ends of the earth as your personal property.

New Heart English Bible

Ask of me, and I will give the nations for your inheritance, the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession.

The Emphasized Bible

Ask of me, and let me give nations as thine inheritance, and, as thy possession, the ends of the earth:

Webster

Ask of me, and I will give thee the heathen for thy inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

World English Bible

Ask of me, and I will give the nations for your inheritance, the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession.

Youngs Literal Translation

Ask of Me and I give nations -- thy inheritance, And thy possession -- the ends of earth.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Ask
שׁאל שׁאל 
Sha'al 
Usage: 172

of me, and I shall give
נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011

גּי גּוי 
Gowy 
Usage: 558

נחלה 
Nachalah 
Usage: 222

and the uttermost parts
אפס 
'ephec 
ends, no, none, not, nothing, without, else, beside, but, cause, howbeit, .
Usage: 43

of the earth
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

Devotionals

Devotionals about Psalm 2:8

Devotionals containing Psalm 2:8

Images Psalm 2:8

Prayers for Psalm 2:8

Context Readings

The Messiah's Reign

7 I will make clear the Lord's decision: he has said to me, You are my son, this day have I given you being. 8 Make your request to me, and I will give you the nations for your heritage, and the farthest limits of the earth will be under your hand. 9 They will be ruled by you with a rod of iron; they will be broken like a potter's vessel.


Cross References

Psalm 22:27

All the ends of the earth will keep it in mind and be turned to the Lord: all the families of the nations will give him worship.

Psalm 72:8

Let his kingdom be from sea to sea, from the River to the ends of the earth.

Daniel 7:13

I saw in visions of the night, and there was coming with the clouds of heaven one like a man, and he came to the one who was very old, and they took him near before him.

Psalm 89:27

And I will make him the first of my sons, most high over the kings of the earth.

John 17:4-5

I have given you glory on the earth, having done all the work which you gave me to do.

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