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‘You shall break them with a rod of iron;
You shall shatter them [in pieces] like earthenware.’”

New American Standard Bible

‘You shall break them with a rod of iron,
You shall shatter them like earthenware.’”

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 will break them with a rod of iron;
You will shatter them like pottery.”

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.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Thou shalt break
רעע 
Ra`a` 
Usage: 98

them with a rod
שׁבט 
Shebet 
Usage: 190

of iron
בּרזל 
Barzel 
Usage: 76

thou shalt dash them in pieces
נפץ 
Naphats 
Usage: 22

יצר 
Yatsar 
Usage: 62

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Psalm 2:9

Prayers for Psalm 2:9

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.
9 
‘You shall break them with a rod of iron;
You shall shatter them [in pieces] like earthenware.’”
10
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 caught up to God and to His throne.

Psalm 110:5-6


The Lord is at Your right hand,
He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.

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

And he who overcomes [the world through believing that Jesus is the Son of God] and he who keeps My deeds [doing things that please Me] until the [very] end, to him I will give authority and power over the nations;

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

And he who falls on this Stone will be broken to pieces; but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”

Revelation 19:15

From His mouth comes a sharp sword (His word) with which He may strike down the nations, and He will rule them with a rod of iron; and He will tread the wine press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty [in judgment of the rebellious world].

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