Psalms 2

Giga Bible (GIGAKJV) · 12 verses · 10 differ from the KJV
  1. 1Why do the nations rage, and why do the peoples plot what will come to nothing?
  2. 2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying,
  3. 3Let us break their bands apart, and cast away their cords from us.
  4. 4He who sits in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall mock them.
  5. 5Then he will speak to them in his wrath and terrify them in his fierce anger.
  6. 6Yet I have set my king on my holy hill of Zion.
  7. 7I will declare the decree: the Lord has said to me, You are my Son. Today I have fathered you.
  8. 8Ask of me, and I shall give you the nations for your inheritance, and the farthest parts of the earth for your possession.
  9. 9You shall break them with a rod of iron. You shall dash them in pieces like a clay pot.
  10. 10Be wise now therefore, O you kings: be instructed, you judges of the earth.
  11. 11Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
  12. 12Kiss the Son, or he may become angry and you may perish on the way, when his anger burns even a little. Blessed are all who put their trust in him.

What changed from the KJV

GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Psalms 2 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.

Psalms 2:1

KJVWhy do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

GIGAKJVWhy do the nations rage, and why do the peoples plot what will come to nothing?

Psalms 2:3

KJVLet us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

GIGAKJVLet us break their bands apart, and cast away their cords from us.

Psalms 2:4

KJVHe that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.

GIGAKJVHe who sits in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall mock them.

Psalms 2:5

KJVThen shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.

GIGAKJVThen he will speak to them in his wrath and terrify them in his fierce anger.

Psalms 2:6

KJVYet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

GIGAKJVYet I have set my king on my holy hill of Zion.

Psalms 2:7

KJVI will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.

GIGAKJVI will declare the decree: the Lord has said to me, You are my Son. Today I have fathered you.

Psalms 2:8

KJVAsk of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

GIGAKJVAsk of me, and I shall give you the nations for your inheritance, and the farthest parts of the earth for your possession.

Psalms 2:9

KJVThou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

GIGAKJVYou shall break them with a rod of iron. You shall dash them in pieces like a clay pot.

Psalms 2:10

KJVBe wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.

GIGAKJVBe wise now therefore, O you kings: be instructed, you judges of the earth.

Psalms 2:12

KJVKiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

GIGAKJVKiss the Son, or he may become angry and you may perish on the way, when his anger burns even a little. Blessed are all who put their trust in him.

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