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Revelation 2:27
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Revelation 2:27
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that one ‘will rule them with an iron scepter and will dash them to pieces like pottery’
[a]
—just as I have received authority from my Father.
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Revelation 2:27 in Other Translations
KJV
27
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.
ESV
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and he will rule them with a rod of iron, as when earthen pots are broken in pieces, even as I myself have received authority from my Father.
NLT
27
They will rule the nations with an iron rod and smash them like clay pots.
MSG
27
your Shepherd-King rule as firm as an iron staff, their resistance fragile as clay pots. This was the gift my Father gave me; I pass it along to you -
CSB
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and He will shepherd them with an iron scepter; He will shatter them like pottery - just as I have received [this] from My Father.
Revelation 2:27 In-Context
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except to hold on to what you have until I come.’
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To the one who is victorious and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations—
27
that one ‘will rule them with an iron scepter and will dash them to pieces like pottery’—just as I have received authority from my Father.
28
I will also give that one the morning star.
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Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
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Revelation 12:5
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Revelation 19:15
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Psalm 2:9
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