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The Triumphant Messiah

Psalms 2:3

In 11 translations

BSB
“Let us break Their chains and cast away Their cords.”
KJV
Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
WEB
“Let’s break their bonds apart, and cast their cords from us.”
ASV
Let us break their bonds asunder, And cast away their cords from us.
LSV
“Let us draw off Their cords, || And cast Their thick bands from us.”
YLT
'Let us draw off Their cords, And cast from us Their thick bands.'
DBY
Let us break their bonds asunder, and cast away their cords from us!
DRC
Let us break their bonds asunder: and let us cast away their yoke from us.
GNV
Let vs breake their bands, and cast their cordes from vs.
JPS
'Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.'
LXXE
saying, Let us break through their bonds, and cast away their yoke from us.

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Original-language editions

WLC
נְֽ֭נַתְּקָה אֶת־מֽוֹסְרוֹתֵ֑ימוֹ וְנַשְׁלִ֖יכָה מִמֶּ֣נּוּ עֲבֹתֵֽימוֹ׃
LXX-Br
Διαῤῥήξωμεν τοὺς δεσμοὺς αὐτῶν, καὶ ἀποῤῥίψωμεν ἀφʼ ἡμῶν τὸν ζυγὸν αὐτῶν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Jeremiah 5:5I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.” But they too, with one accord, had broken the yoke and torn off the chains.
  • Luke 19:14But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’
  • 1 Peter 2:7–8To you who believe, then, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,” and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because…
  • Luke 19:27And these enemies of mine who were unwilling for me to rule over them, bring them here and slay them in front of me.’”

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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