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The Triumphant Messiah

Psalms 2:8

In 11 translations

BSB
Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.
KJV
Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
WEB
Ask of me, and I will give the nations for your inheritance, the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession.
ASV
Ask of me, and I will give thee the nations for thine inheritance, And the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
LSV
Ask of Me and I give nations [as] Your inheritance, || And the ends of the earth [for] Your possession.
YLT
Ask of Me and I give nations — thy inheritance, And thy possession — the ends of earth.
DBY
Ask of me, and I will give thee nations for an inheritance, and for thy possession the ends of the earth:
DRC
Ask of me, and I will give thee the Gentiles for thy inheritance, and the utmost parts of the earth for thy possession.
GNV
Aske of me, and I shall giue thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the endes of the earth for thy possession.
JPS
Ask of Me, and I will give the nations for thine inheritance, and the ends of the earth for thy possession.
LXXE
Ask of me, and I will give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the ends of the earth for thy possession.

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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
שְׁאַ֤ל מִמֶּ֗נִּי וְאֶתְּנָ֣ה ג֭וֹיִם נַחֲלָתֶ֑ךָ וַ֝אֲחֻזָּתְךָ֗ אַפְסֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃
LXX-Br
Αἴτησαι παρʼ ἐμοῦ, καὶ δώσω σοι ἔθνη τὴν κληρονομίαν σου, καὶ τὴν κατάσχεσίν σου τὰ πέρατα τῆς γῆς.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 22:27All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.
  • Psalms 89:27I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
  • Psalms 72:8May he rule from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.
  • John 17:4–5I have glorified You on earth by accomplishing the work You gave Me to do. And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed.
  • Daniel 7:13In 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.

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