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Psalm 2:8–9

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8‘Ask of Me, and aI will surely give bthe 1nations as Your inheritance,

And the very cends of the earth as Your possession.

9‘You shall 1abreak them with a 2rod of iron,

You shall bshatter them like 3earthenware.’ ”

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Footnotes

  1. 1Or Gentiles
  2. 1Another reading is rule
  3. 2Or scepter or staff
  4. 3Lit potter’s ware

Cross references

  1. aPs 21:1, 2
  2. bPs 22:27
  3. cPs 67:7
  4. aPs 89:23; 110:5, 6; Rev 2:26, 27; 12:5; 19:15
  5. bPs 28:5; 52:5; 72:4

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage,

and the ends of the earth your possession.

You shall break them with a rod of iron

and dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Ask me,

and I will make the nations your inheritance,

the ends of the earth your possession.

You will break them with a rod of iron;

you will dash them to pieces like pottery.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Ask of me,

and I will make the nations your inheritance

and the ends of the earth your possession.

You will break them with an iron scepter;

you will shatter them like pottery.”

NLTNew Living Translation

Only ask, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance,

the whole earth as your possession.

You will break them with an iron rod

and smash them like clay pots.’ ”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Ask from me and I will make the nations your heritage,

and your possession the ends of the earth.

You will break them with an iron rod.

Like a potter’s vessel you will shatter them.”

KJV 1900King 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.

Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron;

Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.