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Psalms 2:3

Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

KJV

Dirumpamus vincula eorum, et projiciamus a nobis jugum ipsorum.

Vulgate

διαρρήξωμεν τοὺς δεσμοὺς αὐτῶν, καὶ ἀπορρίψωμεν ἀφ’ ἡμῶν τὸν ζυγὸν αὐτῶν.

LXX

Let us break their bonds asunder, And cast away their cords from us.

ASV

נְֽ֭נַתְּקָה אֶת מֽוֹסְרוֹתֵ֑י/מוֹ וְ/נַשְׁלִ֖יכָה מִמֶּ֣/נּוּ עֲבֹתֵֽי/מוֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
הוּ
hv
verb · 125×
יִנָּתֵֽק
yntq
verb · 27×
ךְ
k
noun · 11×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
עֲבֹ֑ת
'bt
noun · 24×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

'Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against His Anointed.' See Ps. ii. 1-2 and Acts iv. 25-26. This is spoken of our Lord Jesus Christ. 'Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.' These are the bands of discipline, and the cord…

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 2:7 — Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,
  • Jer 5:5 — I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
  • Luke 19:14 — But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
  • Luke 19:27 — But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
  • Luke 19:27 — But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.