Psalms 2:3
What does Psalms 2:3 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 2:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Let us break their bonds asunder, And cast away their cords from us.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Let us break their bonds asunder, And cast away their cords from us.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Let their chains be broken, and their cords taken from off us.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`Let us draw off Their cords, And cast from us Their thick bands.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Let us break their bonds asunder: and let us cast away their yoke from us.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Let us break their bonds asunder, and cast away their cords from us!
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Luke 19:27
But these mine enemies, that would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
- Jeremiah 5:5
I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they know the way of Jehovah, and the law of their God. But these with one accord have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
- 1 Peter 2:7
For you therefore that believe is the preciousness: but for such as disbelieve, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner;
- Luke 19:14
But his citizens hated him, and sent an ambassage after him, saying, We will not that this man reign over us.
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