Psalms 2:3
1 Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
2 The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:
“Let us break Their chains and cast away Their cords.”
4 The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them.
5 Then He rebukes them in His anger, and terrifies them in His fury:
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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.
- DARBY
- Let us break their bonds asunder, and cast away their cords from us!
- BLB
- “Let us tear off their bonds, and cast away from us their cords.”
- ÅB
- De sier: «La oss sprenge lenkene deres
og kaste av oss båndene deres!» - OTB
- “La oss sprenge deres lenker,
Og kaste deres bånd fra oss!” - B1930
- La oss sprenge deres bånd og kaste deres rep av oss!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 5:5
I 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.
Read in contextLuke 19:14
But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’
Read in contextLuke 19:27
And these enemies of mine who were unwilling for me to rule over them, bring them here and slay them in front of me.’”
Read in context1 Peter 2:7–8
To you who believe, then, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”
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