Parallel Verses

NET Bible

The Lord extends your dominion from Zion. 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.

Amplified


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

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 A psalm of David. Here is the Lord's proclamation to my lord: "Sit down at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool!" 2 The Lord extends your dominion from Zion. Rule in the midst of your enemies! 3 Your people willingly follow you when you go into battle. On the holy hills at sunrise the dew of your youth belongs to you.

Cross References

Exodus 7:19

Then the Lord said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, 'Take your staff and stretch out your hand over Egypt's waters -- over their rivers, over their canals, over their ponds, and over all their reservoirs -- so that it becomes blood.' There will be blood everywhere in the land of Egypt, even in wooden and stone containers."

Exodus 8:5

The Lord spoke to Moses, "Tell Aaron, 'Extend your hand with your staff over the rivers, over the canals, and over the ponds, and bring the frogs up over the land of Egypt.'"

Psalm 2:8-9

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

Psalm 22:28-29

For the Lord is king and rules over the nations.

Psalm 45:5-6

Your arrows are sharp and penetrate the hearts of the king's enemies. Nations fall at your feet.

Psalm 72:8

May he rule from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth!

Isaiah 2:3

many peoples will come and say, "Come, let us go up to the Lord's mountain, to the temple of the God of Jacob, so he can teach us his requirements, and we can follow his standards." For Zion will be the center for moral instruction; the Lord will issue edicts from Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 48:17

Mourn for that nation, all you nations living around it, all of you nations that know of its fame. Mourn and say, 'Alas, its powerful influence has been broken! Its glory and power have been done away!'

Ezekiel 19:14

A fire has gone out from its branch; it has consumed its shoot and its fruit. No strong branch was left in it, nor a scepter to rule.' This is a lament song, and has become a lament song."

Ezekiel 47:1

Then he brought me back to the entrance of the temple. I noticed that water was flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was flowing down from under the right side of the temple, from south of the altar.

Daniel 7:13-14

I was watching in the night visions, "And with the clouds of the sky one like a son of man was approaching. He went up to the Ancient of Days and was escorted before him.

Micah 4:2

Many nations will come, saying, "Come on! Let's go up to the Lord's mountain, to the temple of Jacob's God, so he can teach us his commands and we can live by his laws." For Zion will be the source of instruction; the Lord's teachings will proceed from Jerusalem.

Micah 7:14

Shepherd your people with your shepherd's rod, the flock that belongs to you, the one that lives alone in a thicket, in the midst of a pastureland. Allow them to graze in Bashan and Gilead, as they did in the old days.

Matthew 28:18-20

Then Jesus came up and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

Acts 2:34-37

For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says, 'The Lord said to my lord, "Sit at my right hand

Romans 1:16

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is God's power for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

1 Corinthians 1:23-24

but we preach about a crucified Christ, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles.

2 Corinthians 10:4-5

for the weapons of our warfare are not human weapons, but are made powerful by God for tearing down strongholds. We tear down arguments

1 Thessalonians 2:13

And so we too constantly thank God that when you received God's message that you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human message, but as it truly is, God's message, which is at work among you who believe.

1 Peter 1:12

They were shown that they were serving not themselves but you, in regard to the things now announced to you through those who proclaimed the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven -- things angels long to catch a glimpse of.

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