Revelation 2:27
25 Nevertheless, hold fast to what you have until I come.
26 And to the one who overcomes and continues in My work until the end, I will give authority over the nations.
He will rule them with an iron scepter and shatter them like pottery —just as I have received authority from My Father.
28 And I will give him the morning star.
29 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He will rule them with an iron scepter and shatter them like pottery —just as I have received authority from My Father.
- KJV
- And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.
- WEB
- He will rule them with a rod of iron, shattering them like clay pots, as I also have received of my Father;
- ASV
- and he shall rule them with a rod of iron, as the vessels of the potter are broken to shivers; as I also have received of my Father:
- DARBY
- and he shall shepherd them with an iron rod; as vessels of pottery are they broken in pieces, as I also have received from my Father;
- BLB
- and he will shepherd them with a rod of iron, as the vessels [of] the potter are broken in pieces—just as I also have received from My Father.
- ÅB
- og han skal styre dem med jernstav, slik som en knuser lerkar, slik som og jeg har fått det av min Far,
- OTB
- denne vil 'styre dem med en jernstav og knuse dem som leirkar'—slik jeg har fått myndighet fra min Far.
- B1930
- og han skal styre dem med jernstav, likesom en knuser lerkar, således som og jeg har fått det av min Fader,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 2:8–9
Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.
Read in contextRevelation 12:5
And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And her child was caught up to God and to His throne.
Read in contextRevelation 19:15
And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.
Read in contextIsaiah 30:14
It will break in pieces like a potter’s jar, shattered so that no fragment can be found. Not a shard will be found in the dust large enough to scoop the coals from a hearth or to skim the water from a cistern.”
Read in contextMatthew 11:27
All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.
Read in contextJeremiah 19:11
and you are to proclaim to them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I will shatter this nation and this city, like one shatters a potter’s jar that can never again be repaired. They will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room to bury them.
Read in contextPsalms 149:5–9
Let the saints exult in glory; let them shout for joy upon their beds.
Read in contextLuke 22:29
And I bestow on you a kingdom, just as My Father has bestowed one on Me,
Read in context