Psalm 2:3 ““Let us break Their chains and cast away Their cords.””

Psalm 2:3

“Let us break Their chains and cast away Their cords.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

World English Bible

“Let’s break their bonds apart, and cast their cords from us.”

American Standard Version

Let us break their bonds asunder, And cast away their cords from us.

Geneva Bible 1599

Let vs breake their bands, and cast their cordes from vs.

Darby Translation

Let us break their bonds asunder, and cast away their cords from us!

Young's Literal Translation

'Let us draw off Their cords, And cast from us Their thick bands.'

Bible in Basic English

Let their chains be broken, and their cords taken from off us.

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Cross references

“Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.”

Jeremiah 5:5 Luke 19:14 Luke 19:27 1 Peter 2:7 1 Peter 2:8

Jeremiah 5:5 · BSB

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.

Luke 19:14 · BSB

But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’

Luke 19:27 · BSB

And these enemies of mine who were unwilling for me to rule over them, bring them here and slay them in front of me.’”

1 Peter 2:7 · BSB

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,”

1 Peter 2:8 · BSB

and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:

4The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them.

Read Psalm 2