Psalms 2:10
And now, O ye kings, understand: receive instruction, you that judge the earth.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
In Context
9Thou shalt rule them with a rod of iron, and shalt break them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
11Serve ye the Lord with fear: and rejoice unto him with trembling.
Cross References
Psalms 72:10The kings of Tharsis and the islands shall offer presents: the kings of the Arabians and of Saba shall bring gifts:
Isaiah 49:23And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and queens thy nurses: they shall worship thee with their face toward the earth, and they shall lick up the dust of thy feet. And thou shalt know that I am the Lord, for they shall not be confounded that wait for him.
Isaiah 60:3And the Gentiles shall walk in thy light, and kings in the brightness of thy rising.
Jeremiah 6:8Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee, lest I make thee desolate, a land uninhabited.
Zechariah 14:17And it shall come to pass, that he that shall not go up of the families of the land to Jerusalem, to adore the King, the Lord of hosts, there shall be no rain upon them.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 2:8-10
The Triumphs of Messiah. 7 I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. 8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. 9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. We have heard what the kings of the earth have to say against Christ's kingdom, and have heard it gainsaid by him that sits in heaven; let us now hear what the… Read the whole commentary →