Psalms 2:10
And now, O kings, act wisely, Be instructed, O judges of earth,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
In Context
9Thou dost rule them with a sceptre of iron, As a vessel of a potter Thou dost crush them.'
11Serve ye Jehovah with fear, And rejoice with trembling.
Cross References
Psalms 72:10Kings of Tarshish and of the isles send back a present. Kings of Sheba and Seba a reward bring near.
Isaiah 49:23And kings have been thy nursing fathers, And their princesses thy nursing mothers; Face to the earth — they bow down to thee, And the dust of thy feet they lick up, And thou hast known that I [am] Jehovah, That those expecting Me are not ashamed.
Isaiah 60:3And come have nations to thy light, And kings to the brightness of thy rising.
Jeremiah 6:8Be instructed, O Jerusalem, Lest My soul be alienated from thee, Lest I make thee a desolation, a land not inhabited.
Zechariah 14:17And it hath come to pass, That he who doth not go up of the families of the land unto Jerusalem, To bow himself to the King, Jehovah of Hosts, Even on them there is no shower.
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 →