PSA 2:9 Parallel View

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OET (OET-RV) You’ll break those nations with an iron bar.
 ⇔ ≈You’ll smash them to pieces like a clay pot.”

Key: yellow:verbs.
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ULT You will break them with an iron rod;
⇔ like a jar of a potter, you will smash them to pieces.”

UST You will strike them with an iron rod
⇔ and they will shatter into small pieces as if they were a clay pot.”

BSB You will break them [fn] with an iron scepter;
⇔ You will shatter them like pottery.[fn]”

2:9 LXX You will rule them or You will shepherd them

2:9 Cited in Revelation 2:27; see also Revelation 12:5 and Revelation 19:15.

OEB You will break them with sceptre of iron,
⇔ shatter them like pottery.’

WEB You shall break them with a rod of iron.
⇔ You shall dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.”

NET You will break them with an iron scepter;
 ⇔ you will smash them like a potter’s jar!’”

LSV You rule them with a scepter of iron,
You crush them as a vessel of a potter.”

FBV You will break them with a rod of iron, smashing them like pottery.’”

T4T You will defeat them completely [MET];
⇔ you will destroy them like people smash a clay pot with an iron rod [SIM].’”

LEB • Like a potter’s vessel you will shatter them.”

BBE They will be ruled by you with a rod of iron; they will be broken like a potter's vessel.

MOF you can maul them with an iron mace,
⇔ and shatter them like potter’s ware!”

JPS Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.'

ASV Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron;
 ⇔ Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.

DRA Thou shalt rule them with a rod of iron, and shalt break them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.

YLT Thou dost rule them with a sceptre of iron, As a vessel of a potter Thou dost crush them.'

DBY Thou shalt break them with a sceptre of iron, as a potter's vessel thou shalt dash them in pieces.

RV Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.

WBS Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

KJB Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
(Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou/you shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel. )

BB Thou shalt bruise them with a rod of iron: and breake them in peeces like a potters vessell.
(Thou shalt bruise them with a rod of iron: and break them in pieces like a potters vessel.)

GNV Thou shalt krush them with a scepter of yron, and breake them in pieces like a potters vessell.
(Thou shalt krush them with a scepter of yron, and break them in pieces like a potters vessel. )

CB Thou shalt rule them with a rodde of yron, and breake the in peces like an erthen vessell.
(Thou shalt rule them with a rod/staff of yron, and break the in pieces like an earthn vessel.)

WYC Thou schalt gouerne hem in an yrun yerde; and thou schalt breke hem as the vessel of a pottere.
(Thou shalt gouerne them in an yrun yerde; and thou/you shalt breke them as the vessel of a potter.)

LUT Du sollst sie mit einem eisernen Zepter zerschlagen; wie Töpfe sollst du sie zerschmeißen.
(You should they/she/them with one eisernen Zepter zerschlagen; like Töpfe should you they/she/them zerschmeißen.)

CLV Reges eos in virga ferrea, et tamquam vas figuli confringes eos.[fn]
(Reges them in rod/staff ferrea, and tamquam vas figuli confringes them.)

2.9 Reges eos. AUG. Partim reges, partim franges, secundum illud: Ecce hic positus est in ruinam et in resurrectionem multorum Luc. 2., ut qui justus est, justificetur adhuc: et qui in sordibus est, sordescat adhuc Apoc. 22.. Virga ferrea. CASS. Potestas Christi, virga ferrea; peccator, vas figuli, quod et luteum et facile frangitur.

2.9 Reges them. AUG. Partim reges, partim franges, after/second illud: Behold this positus it_is in ruinam and in resurrectionem multorum Luc. 2., as who justus it_is, justificetur adhuc: and who in sordibus it_is, sordescat adhuc Apoc. 22.. Virga ferrea. CASS. Potestas Christi, rod/staff ferrea; peccator, vas figuli, that and luteum and facile frangitur.

BRN Thou shalt [fn]rule them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces as a potter's vessel.

2:9 Gr. tend them as a shepherd. Rev. 2. 27.

BrLXX Ποιμανεῖς αὐτοὺς ἐν ῥάβδῳ σιδηρᾷ, ὡς σκεῦος κεραμέως συντρίψεις αὐτούς.
(Poimaneis autous en ɽabdōi sidaʸra, hōs skeuos kerameōs suntripseis autous. )

TTN Tyndale Theme Notes:

God’s Anger

The Lord is just and righteous in his judgment (Ps 7:11), and he experiences anger at sin and injustice. The wicked stir up his anger and deserve his judgment (see 2:5, 12; 21:9; 56:7; 59:13; 69:24; 79:6; see also Rom 1:18). And while he is patient and slow to anger (86:15; 103:8; 145:8), he ultimately will not allow evil to remain unchecked.

The psalmists understood Israel’s exodus from Egypt as an object lesson about God’s anger. God expressed his anger against the Egyptians while sparing his people (Ps 78:49-50). But Israel itself became the object of God’s anger during the wilderness journey, when the people provoked the Lord through their rebelliousness (78:31; 106:29, 32). As a result, God took an oath: That rebellious generation would not enter his place of rest (95:8-11). So they died in the wilderness. But he restrained his anger and did not destroy Israel as they deserved (78:38). Similarly, throughout the period of the judges and the monarchy, God’s people were marked by disobedience and evil; subsequently, in his wrath, God allowed them to be controlled by foreign powers, who sent them into exile (2 Kgs 17:5-23; 24:20–25:21). But again, God did not allow his people to be completely destroyed.

When God’s people sin and experience his anger, it can precipitate repentance, in which case the experience, though painful, can lead to great joy in God’s mercy and goodness (Ps 30:5; see also Heb 12:5-11).

The New Testament makes clear that all of humanity was subject to God’s wrath on account of sin (Eph 2:1-3). But in his love, God sent his son, Jesus Christ, to atone for our sins and reconcile us to God (Rom 5:6-11; Eph 2:4-5). Those who turn to God in faith will thus escape the punishment that is coming at the future judgment of the world. In the end, Jesus will serve as the agent of God’s anger against the wicked (Pss 2:5-9; Rev 6:15-17; 19:11-16), who—along with God’s ultimate enemy, the devil—will be dealt with decisively (Rev 20:7-15).

Passages for Further Study

Pss 2:5-9, 12; 6:1; 7:6, 11-13; 21:9; 27:9; 30:5; 38:1-10; 74:1; 78:18-64; 79:5-6; 80:4; 85:2-7; 86:15; 90:9-11; 95:8-11; 102:10-11; 103:8-9; 106:21-43; 110:5-7; 145:8; Isa 64:9-12; Lam 5:19-22; Rom 2:5-11; Eph 5:6; Rev 6:15-17; 11:18; 19:11-16

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

תְּ֭רֹעֵ⁠ם בְּ⁠שֵׁ֣בֶט בַּרְזֶ֑ל כִּ⁠כְלִ֖י יוֹצֵ֣ר תְּנַפְּצֵֽ⁠ם

break,them in/on/at/with,rod iron like,vessel potter's shatter,them

Here, the king is speaking of his own power and anger as if it was an iron rod and of nations as if they were a jar of a potter. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning another way. Alternate translation: “Your power is like an iron rod, which will shatter the nations, which are like mere clay pots.”

Note 2 topic: writing-poetry

כִּ⁠כְלִ֖י יוֹצֵ֣ר תְּנַפְּצֵֽ⁠ם

like,vessel potter's shatter,them

Using a simile in the second clause is a way to intensify the statement in biblical poetry. Use a method in your language’s poetic forms to intensify the second clause if possible. Alternate translation: “more than that, you will smash them to pieces like a jar of a potter”

Note 3 topic: translate-unknown

כִּ⁠כְלִ֖י יוֹצֵ֣ר

like,vessel potter's

A potter is a person who makes clay pots and jars. These are fragile and can be broken easily. If your readers would not be familiar with this, you could use the name of something similar in your area or you could use a more general term. Alternate translation: “like a clay jar”

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