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Ask of Me, and I will give You
The nations for Your inheritance,
And the ends of the earth for Your possession.
(A)You shall [a]break them with a rod of iron;
You shall dash them to pieces like a potter’s vessel.’ ”

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 2:9 So with MT, Tg.; LXX, Syr., Vg. rule (cf. Rev. 2:27)

Ask it of Me, and (A)I will certainly give (B)the [a]nations as Your inheritance,
And the (C)ends of the earth as Your possession.
You shall [b](D)break them with a [c]rod of iron,
You shall (E)shatter them like [d]earthenware.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 2:8 Or Gentiles
  2. Psalm 2:9 Another reading is rule
  3. Psalm 2:9 Or scepter; or staff
  4. Psalm 2:9 Lit potter’s ware


‘Ask of Me, and I will assuredly give [You] the nations as Your inheritance,
And the ends of the earth as Your possession.

‘You shall break them with a rod of iron;
You shall shatter them [in pieces] like earthenware.’”(A)

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Ask me,
    and I will make the nations(A) your inheritance,(B)
    the ends of the earth(C) your possession.
You will break them with a rod of iron[a];(D)
    you will dash them to pieces(E) like pottery.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 2:9 Or will rule them with an iron scepter (see Septuagint and Syriac)

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.

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