Revelation 2:27 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁷ to rule them with an iron scepter, as when clay pots are shattered—

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ And he shall rule them with a sceptre (rod) of iron, as when earthen pots are broken in pieces, and [his power over them shall be] like that which I Myself have received from My Father; [Ps. 2:8, 9.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ 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:

Common English Bible

²⁷ to rule the nations with an iron rod and smash them like pottery—

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ And he shall rule them with an iron rod, and they shall be broken like the earthenware of a potter.

Revelation 2:27 Cross References

Revelation 12:5

And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all the nations with a scepter of iron. But her child was snatched away and taken to God and to his throne,

Revelation 19:15

From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a scepter of iron; he will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.

Isaiah 30:14

its breaking is like that of a potter’s vessel that is smashed so ruthlessly that among its fragments not a sherd is found for taking fire from the hearth or dipping water out of the cistern.

Matthew 11:27

All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

John 17:24

Father, I desire that those also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory, which you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.

Luke 22:29

and I confer on you, just as my Father has conferred on me, a kingdom,

Jeremiah 19:11

and shall say to them: Thus says the Lord of hosts: So will I break this people and this city as one breaks a potter’s vessel, so that it can never be mended. In Topheth they shall bury until there is no more room to bury.

Psalm 49:14

Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd; straight to the grave they descend, and their form shall waste away; Sheol shall be their home.

Daniel 7:22

until the Ancient One came; then judgment was given for the holy ones of the Most High, and the time arrived when the holy ones gained possession of the kingdom.

Daniel 7:18

But the holy ones of the Most High shall receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever—forever and ever.”