Revelation 2:27 “He will rule them with an iron scepter and shatter them like pottery —…”

Revelation 2:27

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

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

He will rule them with a rod of iron, shattering them like clay pots, as I also have received of my Father;

American Standard Version

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:

Geneva Bible 1599

And he shall rule them with a rodde of yron: and as the vessels of a potter, shall they be broken.

Darby Translation

and he shall shepherd them with an iron rod; as vessels of pottery are they broken in pieces, as I also have received from my Father;

Young's Literal Translation

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;

Bible in Basic English

And he will be ruling them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of the potter they will be broken, even as I have power from my Father:

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Cross references

“he shall”

Revelation 12:5 Revelation 19:15 Psalm 149:5–9 Psalm 49:14 Daniel 7:22 Psalm 2:8

Revelation 12:5 · BSB

And 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 19:15 · BSB

And 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.

Psalm 149:5–9 · BSB

Let the saints exult in glory; let them shout for joy upon their beds.

Psalm 49:14 · BSB

Like 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.

Daniel 7:22 · BSB

until 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.

Psalm 2:8 · BSB

Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.

“even”

Matthew 11:27 Luke 22:29 John 17:24

Matthew 11:27 · BSB

All 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 22:29 · BSB

And I bestow on you a kingdom, just as My Father has bestowed one on Me,

John 17:24 · BSB

Father, 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.

Also

Isaiah 30:14 Jeremiah 19:11

Isaiah 30:14 · BSB

It 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 19:11 · BSB

and 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 un…

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

In context

26And to the one who overcomes and continues in My work until the end, I will give authority over the nations.

28And I will give him the morning star.

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