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God’s Faithful Messiah

Psalms 110:2

In 11 translations

BSB
The LORD extends Your mighty scepter from Zion: “Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”
KJV
The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
WEB
Yahweh will send out the rod of your strength out of Zion. Rule among your enemies.
ASV
Jehovah will send forth the rod of thy strength out of Zion: Rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
LSV
YHWH sends the rod of Your strength from Zion, || Rule in the midst of Your enemies.
YLT
The rod of thy strength doth Jehovah send from Zion, Rule in the midst of thine enemies.
DBY
Jehovah shall send the sceptre of thy might out of Zion: rule in the midst of thine enemies.
DRC109:2
The Lord will send forth the sceptre of thy power out of Sion: rule thou in the midst of thy enemies.
GNV
The Lord shall send the rod of thy power out of Zion: be thou ruler in the middes of thine enemies.
JPS
The rod of Thy strength the LORD will send out of Zion: 'Rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.'
LXXE109:2
The Lord shall send out a rod of power for thee out of Sion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.

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Original-language editions

WLC
מַטֵּֽה־עֻזְּךָ֗ יִשְׁלַ֣ח יְ֭הוָה מִצִּיּ֑וֹן רְ֝דֵ֗ה בְּקֶ֣רֶב אֹיְבֶֽיךָ׃
LXX-Br109:2
Ῥάβδον δυνάμεως ἐξαποστελεῖ σοι Κύριος ἐκ Σιὼν, κατακυρίευε ἐν μέσῳ τῶν ἐχθρῶν σου.

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  • 2 Corinthians 10:4–5The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We tear down arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take…
  • Jeremiah 48:17Mourn for him, all you who surround him, everyone who knows his name; tell how the mighty scepter is shattered— the glorious staff!
  • Matthew 28:18–20Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy…
  • Psalms 72:8May he rule from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.
  • Psalms 2:8–9Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession. You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.”
  • Psalms 45:5–6Your arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s foes; the nations fall beneath your feet. Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
  • Isaiah 2:3And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion,…
  • 1 Thessalonians 2:13And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as the true word of God—the word which is now at work in you who believe.
  • Romans 1:16I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.
  • Acts 2:34–37For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”’ Therefore let all Israel know with certainty that God…
  • 1 Corinthians 1:23–24but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
  • 1 Peter 1:12It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, when they foretold the things now announced by those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look…
  • Ezekiel 19:14Fire has gone out from its main branch and devoured its fruit; on it no strong branch remains fit for a ruler’s scepter.’ This is a lament and shall be used as a lament.”
  • Ezekiel 47:1Then the man brought me back to the entrance of the temple, and I saw water flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was coming down from under the south…
  • Micah 4:2And many nations will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways, so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion…
  • Exodus 8:5And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers and canals and ponds, and cause the frogs to come up onto the land of Egypt.’”

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