Psalms 2:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Why do the nations rage, And the peoples meditate a vain thing?

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 21:11 : 11 For they intended evil against thee; They conceived a device which they are not able to perform.
Ps 46:6 : 6 The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved: He uttered his voice, the earth melted.
Ps 83:4-8 : 4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; That the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. 5 For they have consulted together with one consent; Against thee do they make a covenant: 6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagarenes; 7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre: 8 Assyria also is joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot. Selah
Rev 17:14 : 14 These shall war against the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them, for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings; and they [also shall overcome] that are with him, called and chosen and faithful.
John 11:49-50 : 49 But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all, 50 nor do ye take account that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.
Acts 5:33 : 33 But they, when they heard this, were cut to the heart, and minded to slay them.
Acts 16:22 : 22 And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent their garments off them, and commanded to beat them with rods.
Acts 17:5-6 : 5 But the Jews, {G3588} {G544} being moved with jealousy, took unto them {G2532} certain vile fellows of the rabble, and gathering a crowd, set the city on an uproar; and assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them forth to the people. 6 And when they found them not, they dragged Jason and certain brethren before the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;
Acts 19:28-32 : 28 And when they heard this they were filled with wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesus. 29 And the city was filled with the confusion: and they rushed with one accord into the theatre, having seized Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel. 30 And when Paul was minded to enter in unto the people, the disciples suffered him not. 31 And certain also of the Asiarchs, being his friends, sent unto him and besought him not to adventure himself into the theatre. 32 Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was in confusion; and the more part knew not {G5101} wherefore they were come together.
Acts 4:25-26 : 25 who by the Holy Spirit, [by] the mouth of our father David thy servant, didst say, Why did the Gentiles rage, And the peoples imagine vain things? 26 The kings of the earth set themselves in array, And the rulers were gathered together, Against the Lord, and against his Anointed:
Ps 18:42 : 42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind; I did cast them out as the mire of the streets.
Isa 8:9 : 9 Make an uproar, O ye peoples, and be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces.
Matt 21:38 : 38 But the husbandmen, when they saw the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and take his inheritance.
Luke 18:32 : 32 For he shall be delivered up unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and shamefully treated, and spit upon:
Luke 22:1-2 : 1 Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover. 2 And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death; for they feared the people.
Luke 22:22-23 : 22 For the Son of man indeed goeth, as it hath been determined: but woe unto that man through whom he is betrayed! 23 And they began to question among themselves, which {G687} of them it was that should do this thing.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 2:2-5
4 verses
87%
2The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against Jehovah, and against his anointed, [saying],
3Let us break their bonds asunder, And cast away their cords from us.
4He that sitteth in the heavens will laugh: The Lord will have them in derision.
5Then will he speak unto them in his wrath, And vex them in his sore displeasure:
Acts 4:25-27
3 verses
85%
25who by the Holy Spirit, [by] the mouth of our father David thy servant, didst say, Why did the Gentiles rage, And the peoples imagine vain things?
26The kings of the earth set themselves in array, And the rulers were gathered together, Against the Lord, and against his Anointed:
27for of a truth in this city against thy holy Servant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, were gathered together,
Ps 115:2
74%
2Wherefore should the nations say, Where is now their God?
Ps 46:6
73%
6The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved: He uttered his voice, the earth melted.
Ps 33:10
71%
10Jehovah bringeth the counsel of the nations to nought; He maketh the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.
Ps 140:2
71%
2Who devise mischiefs in their heart; Continually do they gather themselves together for war.
Ps 149:7
71%
7To execute vengeance upon the nations, And punishments upon the peoples;
Ps 83:2-3
2 verses
70%
2For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult; And they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
3Thy take crafty counsel against thy people, And consult together against thy hidden ones.
Isa 17:12
70%
12Ah, the uproar of many peoples, that roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!
Ps 9:19-20
2 verses
70%
19Arise, O Jehovah; Let not man prevail: Let the nations be judged in thy sight.
20Put them in fear, O Jehovah: Let the nations know themselves to be but men. {Selah}
Ps 10:1-2
2 verses
69%
1Why standest thou afar off, O Jehovah? Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
2In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.
Isa 14:6
69%
6that smote the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, that ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained.
Ps 62:3
69%
3How long will ye set upon a man, That ye may slay [him], all of you, Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?
Nah 1:9
69%
9What do ye devise against Jehovah? he will make a full end; affliction shall not rise up the second time.
Hab 2:13
69%
13Behold, is it not of Jehovah of hosts that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?
Job 40:11
69%
11Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger; And look upon every one that is proud, and abase him.
Ps 79:6
69%
6Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not, And upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name.
Lam 4:12
69%
12The kings of the earth believed not, neither all the inhabitants of the world, That the adversary and the enemy would enter into the gates of Jerusalem.
Ps 10:16
69%
16Jehovah is King for ever and ever: The nations are perished out of his land.
Ps 59:8
69%
8But thou, O Jehovah, wilt laugh at them; Thou wilt have all the nations in derision.
Ps 94:4
68%
4They prate, they speak arrogantly: All the workers of iniquity boast themselves.
Hab 1:10-11
2 verses
68%
10Yea, he scoffeth at kings, and princes are a derision unto him; he derideth every stronghold; for he heapeth up dust, and taketh it.
11Then shall he sweep by [as] a wind, and shall pass over, and be guilty, [even] he whose might is his god.
Ps 3:1
68%
1A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. Jehovah, how are mine adversaries increased! Many are they that rise up against me.
Ps 73:9
68%
9They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth.
Ps 37:12
68%
12The wicked plotteth against the just, And gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
Ps 47:8
68%
8God reigneth over the nations: God sitteth upon his holy throne.
Ps 69:24
68%
24Pour out thine indignation upon them, And let the fierceness of thine anger overtake them.
Ps 148:11
68%
11Kings of the earth and all peoples; Princes and all judges of the earth;
Deut 32:21
68%
21They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; They have provoked me to anger with their vanities: And I will move them to jealousy with those that are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
Ps 21:11
68%
11For they intended evil against thee; They conceived a device which they are not able to perform.
Ps 52:1
68%
1For the Chief Musician. Maschil of David; when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech. Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? The lovingkindness of God [endureth] continually.
Joel 3:11-12
2 verses
68%
11Haste ye, and come, all ye nations round about, and gather yourselves together: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O Jehovah.
12Let the nations bestir themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the nations round about.
Isa 8:10
67%
10Take counsel together, and it shall be brought to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
Prov 19:3
67%
3The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against Jehovah.
Job 3:14
67%
14With kings and counsellors of the earth, Who built up waste places for themselves;
Ps 110:5
67%
5The Lord at thy right hand Will strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
Ps 82:2
67%
2How long will ye judge unjustly, And respect the persons of the wicked? Selah
Isa 34:1
67%
1Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye peoples: let the earth hear, and the fulness thereof; the world, and all things that come forth from it.
Ps 118:10
67%
10All nations compassed me about: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off.
Ps 135:15
67%
15The idols of the nations are silver and gold, The work of men's hands.