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Psalm 2:3

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2:3They say,11 “Let’s tear off the shackles they’ve put on us!12

Let’s free ourselves from13 their ropes!”

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Footnotes

  1. 11 The words “they say” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The quotation represents the words of the rebellious kings.
  2. 12 Heb “their (i.e., the Lord’s and the king’s) shackles.” The kings compare the rule of the Lord and his vice-regent to being imprisoned.
  3. 13 Heb “throw off from us.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“Let us burst their bonds apart

and cast away their cords from us.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Let us break their chains

and throw off their shackles.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“Let’s tear off their chains

and throw their ropes off of us.”

NLTNew Living Translation

“Let us break their chains,” they cry,

“and free ourselves from slavery to God.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“Let us tear off their bonds,

and cast their cords from us!”

KJV 1900King James Version

Let us break their bands asunder,

And cast away their cords from us.