Revelation 2:27
Modern Translations
New International Version
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.

New Living Translation
They will rule the nations with an iron rod and smash them like clay pots.

English Standard Version
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.

Berean Study Bible
He will rule them with an iron scepter and shatter them like pottery—just as I have received authority from My Father.

New American Standard Bible
AND HE SHALL RULE THEM WITH A ROD OF IRON, AS THE VESSELS OF THE POTTER ARE SHATTERED, as I also have received authority from My Father;

NASB 1995
AND HE SHALL RULE THEM WITH A ROD OF IRON, AS THE VESSELS OF THE POTTER ARE BROKEN TO PIECES, as I also have received authority from My Father;

NASB 1977
AND HE SHALL RULE THEM WITH A ROD OF IRON, AS THE VESSELS OF THE POTTER ARE BROKEN TO PIECES, as I also have received authority from My Father;

Amplified Bible
AND HE SHALL SHEPHERD and RULE THEM WITH A ROD OF IRON, AS THE EARTHEN POTS ARE BROKEN IN PIECES, as I also have received authority [and power to rule them] from My Father;

Christian Standard Bible
and he will rule them with an iron scepter; he will shatter them like pottery —

Holman Christian Standard Bible
and he will shepherd them with an iron scepter; he will shatter them like pottery -- just as I have received this from My Father.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Those people will rule the nations with iron scepters and shatter them like pottery.

International Standard Version
He will rule them with an iron scepter; shattering them like clay pots.'

NET Bible
he will rule them with an iron rod and like clay jars he will break them to pieces,
Classic Translations
King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
‘He shall rule them with a rod of iron; They shall be dashed to pieces like the potter’s vessels’— as I also have received from My Father;

King James 2000 Bible
And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to pieces: even as I received of my Father.

New Heart English Bible
He will rule them with an iron scepter, shattering them like clay pots; as I also have 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 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.

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:

A Faithful Version
And he shall shepherd them with an iron rod, as vessels of pottery are broken in pieces; as I have also received from My Father;

Darby Bible 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;

English Revised 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:

Webster's Bible Translation
(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.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And he shall rule them with a rodde of yron: and as the vessels of a potter, shall they be broken.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And he shall rule them with a rodde of yron: and as the vessels of a potter, shall they be broken to sheuers:

Coverdale Bible of 1535
and he shal rule them with a rodde of yron: and as the vessels of a potter, shal he breake them to sheuers. Eue as I receaued of my father,

Tyndale Bible of 1526
and he shall rule them with a rodde of yron: and as the vessels of a potter shall he breake them to shevers. Eve as I receaved of my father
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and he will rule them with a rod of iron—they will be broken as the vessels of the potter—as I have also received from My Father;

Berean Literal Bible
and he will shepherd them with a rod of iron, as the vessels of the potter are broken in pieces--just 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;

Smith's Literal Translation
And he will rule them with an iron rod; as vessels of earthen-ware shall they be rubbed together: as I also have received of my Father.

Literal Emphasis Translation
And he will shepherd them with a rod of iron, like as the vessels of the potters are broken in pieces; like as I also have received from My Father.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he shall rule them with a rod of iron, and as the vessel of a potter they shall be broken,

Catholic Public Domain Version
And he shall rule them with an iron rod, and they shall be broken like the earthenware of a potter.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“To Shepherd them with a rod of iron, and like the vessels of a potter you shall shatter them, for in the same manner I have also received of my Father.”

Lamsa Bible
And he shall shepherd them with a rod of iron; like the vessels of the potter, they shall be shattered: even as I was disciplined by my Father.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
and he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken in pieces, as I have received from my Father:

Godbey New Testament
and he will shepherdize them with an iron rod: as the potter's vessels are broken to pieces; as I have received of my Father:

Haweis New Testament
he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as a potter?s vessels they shall be broken in pieces, even as I have received authority from my Father:

Mace New Testament
he shall rule them with a rod of iron: as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers, according to the power I have received of my father.

Weymouth New Testament
And he shall be their shepherd, ruling them with a rod of iron, just as earthenware jars are broken to pieces; and his power over them shall be like that which I Myself have received from My Father;

Worrell New Testament
and he shall rule them with a rod of iron, as the vessels of earthenware are broken in pieces, as I also have received from My Father;

Worsley New Testament
and he shall rule them with a rod of iron, as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken in pieces; as I also have received of my Father;
















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