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The Triumphant Messiah

Psalms 2:6

In 11 translations

BSB
“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
KJV
Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.set: Heb. anointedupon…: Heb. upon Zion, the hill of my holiness
WEB
“Yet I have set my King on my holy hill of Zion.”
ASV
Yet I have set my king Upon my holy hill of Zion.
LSV
“And I have anointed My King, || On Zion—My holy hill.”
YLT
'And I — I have anointed My King, Upon Zion — My holy hill.'
DBY
And I have anointed my king upon Zion, the hill of my holiness.
DRC
But I am appointed king by him over Sion his holy mountain, preaching his commandment.
GNV
Euen I haue set my King vpon Zion mine holy mountaine.
JPS
'Truly it is I that have established My king upon Zion, My holy mountain.'
LXXE
But I have been made king by him on Sion his holy mountain,

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וַ֭אֲנִי נָסַ֣כְתִּי מַלְכִּ֑י עַל־צִ֝יּ֗וֹן הַר־קָדְשִֽׁי׃
LXX-Br
Ἐγὼ δὲ κατεστάθην βασιλεὺς ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ Σιὼν ὄρος τὸ ἅγιον αὐτοῦ,

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Revelation 14:1Then I looked and saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads.
  • Matthew 28:18Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
  • Ephesians 1:22And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,
  • Isaiah 9:6–7For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His…
  • Psalms 45:6Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
  • Hebrews 12:22Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels
  • Psalms 48:1–2Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain. Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.
  • Psalms 110:1–2The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.” The LORD extends Your mighty scepter from Zion: “Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”
  • Daniel 7:13–14In my vision in the night I continued to watch, and I saw One like the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into His presence. And He was given dominion, glory, and…
  • Acts 5:30–31The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging Him on a tree. God exalted Him to His right hand as Prince and Savior, in order to grant repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.
  • Psalms 132:13–14For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home: “This is My resting place forever and ever; here I will dwell, for I have desired this home.
  • Philippians 2:9–11Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus…
  • Psalms 78:68But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.
  • Psalms 89:27I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
  • Psalms 50:2From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.
  • Psalms 89:36–37his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun, like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” Selah

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