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Revelation 2:27

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.

KJV

καὶ ποιμανεῖ αὐτοὺς ἐν ῥάβδῳ σιδηρᾷ, ὡς τὰ σκεύη τὰ κεραμικὰ συντρίβεται, ὡς κἀγὼ εἴληφα παρὰ τοῦ πατρός μου,

Greek NT

et reget eas in virga ferrea, et tamquam vas figuli confringentur,

Vulgate

and he shall rule them with a rod of iron, as the vessels of the potter are broken to shivers; as I also have received of my Father:

ASV

And he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and as the vessel of a potter they shall be broken:

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κεραμικός
keramikos
adjective · 1×
κἀγώ
kago
pronoun · 85×
λαμβάνω
lambano
verb · 259×
παρά
para
preposition · 191×
πατήρ
pater
noun · 412×
ποιμαίνω
poimaino
verb · 11×
σιδήρεος
sidereos
adjective · 5×
σκεῦος
skeuos
noun · 23×
συντρίβω
suntribo
verb · 7×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
o
article · 19778×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×
ῥάβδος
rabdos
noun · 12×

Intertextual echoes

This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.

  • Ps 2:9 · allusion
    "Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel."
    Psalm 2: rule with a rod of iron — to the overcomer in Thyatira

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: συντρίβεται | WH/Treg/NIV: συντρίβεται | RP: συντριβήσεται
  • συντρίβεταιSBLGNT
  • συντρίβεταιWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • συντριβήσεταιRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 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 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 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
  • John 17:24 — Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
  • Luke 22:29 — And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me;
  • Matt 2:6 — And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.
  • Matt 7:21 — Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
  • Matt 11:27 — All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
  • Ps 2:8 — Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
  • Ps 149:5 — Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.
  • 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