Psalm 2:1 - The Scriptures 2009

¹ Why do the nations rage, And the peoples meditate emptiness?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ Why do the heathen rage, And the people imagine a vain thing?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ WHY DO the nations assemble with commotion [uproar and confusion of voices], and why do the people imagine (meditate upon and devise) an empty scheme?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ Why do the nations rage, And the peoples meditate a vain thing?

Common English Bible

¹ Why do the nations rant? Why do the peoples rave uselessly?

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Why have the Gentiles been seething, and why have the people been pondering nonsense?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ Why have the Gentiles raged and the people devised vain things?

Psalm 2:1 Cross References

Psalm 18:42

And I beat them as dust before the wind; I empty them out like dirt in the streets.

Psalm 21:11

For they held out evil against You; They devised a plot; they do not prevail.

Psalm 46:6

The nations shall rage, Reigns shall topple; He shall give forth His voice, The earth melts.

Psalm 46:7

יהוה of hosts is with us; The Elohim of Ya‛aqoḇ is our refuge. Selah.

Psalm 57:9

I praise You among the peoples, O יהוה; I sing to You among the nations.

Psalm 74:23

Do not forget the voice of Your enemies, The uproar of those rising up against You increases continually.

Psalm 83:3

They craftily plot against Your people, And conspire against Your treasured ones.

Isaiah 8:9

“Be shattered, O you peoples, and be broken in pieces! Give ear, all you from the far places of the earth. Gird yourselves, but be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, but be broken in pieces.

Matthew 21:38

“But when the farmers saw the son, they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and let us possess his inheritance.’

Luke 18:32

“For He shall be delivered up to the nations and shall be mocked and insulted and spat upon,

Luke 22:5

And they were glad, and agreed to give him silver.

Acts 16:22

And the crowd rose up together against them. And the captains tore off their garments and commanded them to be beaten with rods.

Acts 5:33

And those hearing were cut to the heart, and took counsel to kill them.

Revelation 17:14

“They shall fight with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them, for He is Master of masters and Sovereign of sovereigns. And those with Him are called, and chosen, and trustworthy.”