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Psalm 2:8–9

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8Ask me,

and I will make the nationsk your inheritance,l

the ends of the earthm your possession.

9You will break them with a rod of ironb;n

you will dash them to pieceso like pottery.p”

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Footnotes

  1. bOr will rule them with an iron scepter (see Septuagint and Syriac)

Cross references

  1. kRev 2:26
  2. lSee Job 22:26; Mt 21:38
  3. mPs 22:27; 67:7
  4. nSee Ge 49:10; Rev 12:5
  5. oSee Ex 15:6
  6. pIsa 30:14; Jer 19:10; Rev 2:27*; 19:15

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.”

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.