Psalms

Psalm 2:8–9

⁸Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance,

the ends of the earth Your possession.

⁹You will break them^d with an iron scepter;

You will shatter them like pottery.^e”

Footnotes

d 2:9 LXX You will rule them or You will shepherd them
e 2:9 Cited in Revelation 2:27|REV 2:27; see also Revelation 12:5 and Revelation 19:15.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Ask	שְׁאַ֤ל	šə·’al	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H7592 ask, inquire
Me	מִמֶּ֗נִּי	mim·men·nî	Preposition; first person common singular	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
and I	וְאֶתְּנָ֣ה	wə·’et·tə·nāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular	H5414 give, put, set
the nations	ג֭וֹיִם	ḡō·w·yim	Noun - masculine plural	H1471 nation, people
Your inheritance	נַחֲלָתֶ֑ךָ	na·ḥă·lā·ṯe·ḵā	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H5159 possession, property, inheritance
the ends	אַפְסֵי־	’ap̄·sê-	Adverb	H657 the two extremities
of the earth	אָֽרֶץ׃	’ā·reṣ	Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
Your possession	וַ֝אֲחֻזָּתְךָ֗	wa·’ă·ḥuz·zā·ṯə·ḵā	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H272 possession

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
You will break them	תְּ֭רֹעֵם	tə·rō·‘êm	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular; third person masculine plural	H7489 be evil, bad
with an iron	בַּרְזֶ֑ל	bar·zel	Noun - masculine singular	H1270 iron
scepter	בְּשֵׁ֣בֶט	bə·šê·ḇeṭ	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H7626 rod, staff, club, sceptre
You will shatter them	תְּנַפְּצֵֽם׃	tə·nap·pə·ṣêm	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular; third person masculine plural	H5310 shatter
like pottery	יוֹצֵ֣ר	yō·w·ṣêr	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H3335 form, fashion

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 2:8 Psalm 22:27 · Psalm 89:27 · Psalm 72:8 · John 17:4–5 · Daniel 7:13

Psalm 2:9 Revelation 2:26–27 · Revelation 12:5 · Psalm 89:23 · Revelation 19:15 · Isaiah 30:14 · Psalm 110:5–6 · Psalm 21:8–9 · Jeremiah 19:11 · Daniel 2:44

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.