Revelation 2:27
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“He will rule them with an iron scepter and shatter them like pottery—just as I have received authority from My Father.”
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“He will rule them with an iron scepter and shatter them like pottery—just as I have received authority from My Father.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and he shall rule them with a rod of iron--as the vessels of the potter they shall be broken--as I also have received from my Father;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Revelation 2:27 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 2:8Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.
- Psalms 49:14Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.
- Psalms 149:5Let the saints exult in glory; let them shout for joy upon their beds.
- Isaiah 30:14It 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.”
- Jeremiah 19:11and 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.
- Daniel 7:22until the Ancient of Days arrived and pronounced judgment in favor of the saints of the Most High, and the time came for them to possess the kingdom.
- Matthew 11:27All 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.
- Luke 22:29And I bestow on you a kingdom, just as My Father has bestowed one on Me,
- John 17:24Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
- Revelation 12:5And 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.
- Revelation 19:15And 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.
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