Psalms 2:9
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
KJV
Reges eos in virga ferrea, et tamquam vas figuli confringes eos.
Vulgate
ποιμανεῖς αὐτοὺς ἐν ῥάβδῳ σιδηρᾷ, ὡς σκεῦος κεραμέως συντρίψεις αὐτούς.
LXX
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
ASV
תְּ֭רֹעֵ/ם בְּ/שֵׁ֣בֶט בַּרְזֶ֑ל כִּ/כְלִ֖י יוֹצֵ֣ר תְּנַפְּצֵֽ/ם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
בַּרְזֶל֙
brzl
noun · 76×
ו
v
noun · 324×
וֹ
v
verb · 63×
יֵּ֥רַע
yr'
verb · 102×
נִפַּצְתִּ֣י
nptsty
verb · 21×
שֵׁ֣בֶט
shbt
noun · 189×
Intertextual echoes
Quoted or echoed by 2 later passages.
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Rev 19:15 · adapted"And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God."Psalm 2: he shall rule them with a rod of iron — Christ at his coming
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Rev 2:27 · allusion"And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father."Psalm 2: rule with a rod of iron — to the overcomer in Thyatira
Prophecy
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Q. How does this glory of Christ our head benefit us? A. First, through his Holy Spirit he pours out his gifts from heaven upon us his members. Second, by his power he defends us and keeps us safe from all enemies.
Cross-references
- 1Sam 2:10 — The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the hor
- 2Thess 1:8 — In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
- Dan 2:44 — And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all
- Exod 15:6 — Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.
- Isa 11:4 — But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay
- Isa 30:14 — And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters’ vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth,
- Isa 30:14 — And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters’ vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth,
- Jer 13:14 — And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them.
- Jer 19:11 — And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter’s vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in T
- Jer 19:11 — And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter’s vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in T
- Job 34:24 — He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.
- Judg 7:19 — So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake t
- Luke 19:27 — But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
- Num 24:8 — God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.
- Ps 21:8 — Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
- Ps 21:8 — Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
- Ps 31:12 — I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
- Ps 72:4 — He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
- Ps 89:23 — And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
- Ps 110:5 — The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
- Rev 2:26 — And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:
- Rev 6:16 — And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
- Rev 12:5 — And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
- Rev 12:5 — And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
- Rev 19:15 — And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God
- Rev 19:15 — And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God