Psalms 2:9

King James 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 brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
Ps 89:23 : 23 And I will beat down{H8804)} his foes before his face, and plague{H8799)} them that hate{H8764)} him.
Rev 2:26-27 : 26 And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: 27 And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.
Ps 110:5-6 : 5 The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath. 6 He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.
Isa 30:14 : 14 And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit.
Rev 19:15 : 15 And out of his mouth goeth 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 of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
Ps 21:8-9 : 8 Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. 9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
Jer 19:11 : 11 And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD 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 them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury.
Dan 2:44 : 44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
Matt 21:44 : 44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
Isa 60:12 : 12 For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.

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