Psalms 2:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

תְּ֭רֹעֵם בְּשֵׁ֣בֶט בַּרְזֶ֑ל כִּכְלִ֖י יוֹצֵ֣ר תְּנַפְּצֵֽם

Transliteration

tərōʿēm bəšēḇeṭ barzel kiḵlî yôṣēr tənapṣēm

Grammar Details

*tərōʿēm*: qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - you will break/shatter them
*bəšēḇeṭ*: preposition + masculine singular noun - with a rod/staff
*barzel*: masculine singular noun - iron
*kiḵlî*: preposition + masculine singular construct noun - like a vessel of
*yôṣēr*: qal participle, masculine singular - potter/one forming
*tənapṣēm*: piel imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - you will dash them to pieces

Word Meanings

*tərōʿēm*: break/shatter/rule/shepherd them
*šēḇeṭ*: rod/staff/club/scepter
*barzel*: iron/iron tool
*kiḵlî yôṣēr*: like a potter's vessel/like an earthen vessel
*tənapṣēm*: dash them to pieces/shatter them/smash them

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Referenced Verses

Rev 12:5 : 5 And she was delivered of a son, a man child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and unto his throne.
Ps 89:23 : 23 And I will beat down his adversaries before him, And smite them that hate him.
Rev 2:26-27 : 26 And he that overcometh, and he that keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give authority over the nations: 27 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:
Ps 110:5-6 : 5 The Lord at thy right hand Will strike through kings in the day of his wrath. 6 He will judge among the nations, He will fill [the places] with dead bodies; He will strike through the head in many countries.
Isa 30:14 : 14 And he shall break it as a potter's vessel is broken, breaking it in pieces without sparing; so that there shall not be found among the pieces thereof a sherd wherewith to take fire from the hearth, or to dip up water out of the cistern.
Rev 19:15 : 15 And out of his mouth proceedeth 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 {G3631} of the fierceness of the wrath of God, the Almighty.
Ps 21:8-9 : 8 Thy hand will find out all thine enemies; Thy right hand will find out those that hate thee. 9 Thou wilt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thine anger: Jehovah will swallow them up in his wrath, And the fire shall devour them.
Jer 19:11 : 11 and shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah 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 in Topheth, till there be no place to bury.
Dan 2:44 : 44 And in the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall the sovereignty thereof be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
Matt 21:44 : 44 And he that falleth on this stone shall be broken to pieces: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust.
Isa 60:12 : 12 For that nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.

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