The Triumphant Messiah

Psalms 2:7

In 11 translations

BSB: I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.Literally today I have begotten You; cited in Acts 13:33, Hebrews 1:5, and Hebrews 5:5
KJV: I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.the decree: or, for a decree
WEB: I will tell of the decree: Yahweh said to me, “You are my son. Today I have become your father.
ASV: I will tell of the decree: Jehovah said unto me, Thou art my son; This day have I begotten thee.
LSV: I declare concerning a statute: YHWH said to me, “You [are] My Son, today I have brought You forth.
YLT: I declare concerning a statute: Jehovah said unto me, 'My Son Thou [art], I to-day have brought thee forth.
DBY: I will declare the decree: Jehovah hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; I this day have begotten thee.
DRC: The Lord hath said to me: Thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee.
GNV: I will declare the decree: that is, the Lord hath said vnto me, Thou art my Sonne: this day haue I begotten thee.
JPS: I will tell of the decree: the LORD said unto me: 'Thou art My son, this day have I begotten thee.
LXXE: declaring the ordinance of the Lord: the Lord said to me, Thou art my Son, to-day have I begotten thee.

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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: אֲסַפְּרָ֗ה אֶֽ֫ל חֹ֥ק יְֽהוָ֗ה אָמַ֘ר אֵלַ֥י בְּנִ֥י אַ֑תָּה אֲ֝נִ֗י הַיּ֥וֹם יְלִדְתִּֽיךָ׃
LXX-Br: διαγγέλλων τὸ πρόσταγμα Κυρίου· Κύριος εἶπε πρὸς μὲ, υἱός μου εἶ σὺ, ἐγὼ σήμερον γεγέννηκά σε.

Who and where

👤 God

People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.

How traditions read it

Read as a prophecy of Jesus in Christian tradition · Jesus Christ

Quoted in the New Testament at Acts 13:33, Hebrews 1:5, Hebrews 5:5.

The Theographic dataset makes this link following Christian interpretation. Jewish interpretation reads these verses differently, usually of a figure in the writer's own time or of a messiah still to come, and many Christian scholars also read a meaning for the writer's own day.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

King Asunder Son of God, The Accommodation Readings, Select Luke, the Gospel of Begotten Resurrection of Christ, The King, Christ as Messiah

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

Cross-references most cited first

Hebrews 5:5So also Christ did not take upon Himself the glory of becoming a high priest, but He was called by the One who said to Him: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.”
Acts 13:33He has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second Psalm: ‘You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.’
Hebrews 1:5–6For to which of the angels did God ever say: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father”? Or again: “I will be His Father, and He will be My Son”? And again, when God brings His firstborn into the world, He says:…
Matthew 3:17And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”
Matthew 17:5While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”
Psalms 89:27I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
Romans 1:4and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by His resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.
John 3:16For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
John 1:14The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Matthew 16:16Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
John 1:18No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.
Hebrews 3:6But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are His house, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope of which we boast.
Hebrews 5:8Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from what He suffered.
Matthew 8:29“What do You want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have You come here to torture us before the appointed time?”
Isaiah 46:10I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’
Psalms 148:6He established them forever and ever; He issued a decree that will never pass away.

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