Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version I will proclaim the LORD’s decree: He said to me, “You are my son; today I have become your father. New Living Translation The king proclaims the LORD’s decree: “The LORD said to me, ‘You are my son. Today I have become your Father. English Standard Version I will tell of the decree: The LORD said to me, “You are my Son; today I have begotten you. Berean Standard Bible I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father. King James Bible I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. New King James Version “I will declare the decree: The LORD has said to Me, ‘You are My Son, Today I have begotten You. New American Standard Bible “I will announce the decree of the LORD: He said to Me, ‘You are My Son, Today I have fathered You. NASB 1995 “I will surely tell of the decree of the LORD: He said to Me, ‘You are My Son, Today I have begotten You. NASB 1977 “I will surely tell of the decree of the LORD: He said to Me, ‘Thou art My Son, Today I have begotten Thee. Legacy Standard Bible “I will surely tell of the decree of Yahweh: He said to Me, ‘You are My Son, Today I have begotten You. Amplified Bible “I will declare the decree of the LORD: He said to Me, ‘You are My Son; This day [I proclaim] I have begotten You. Christian Standard Bible I will declare the LORD’s decree. He said to me, “You are my Son; today I have become your Father. Holman Christian Standard Bible I will declare the LORD’s decree: He said to Me, “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father. American Standard Version I will tell of the decree: Jehovah said unto me, Thou art my son; This day have I begotten thee. Contemporary English Version I will tell the promise that the LORD made to me: "You are my son, because today I have become your father. English Revised Version I will tell of the decree: the LORD said unto me, Thou art my son; this day have I begotten thee. GOD'S WORD® Translation I will announce the LORD's decree. He said to me: "You are my Son. Today I have become your Father. Good News Translation "I will announce," says the king, "what the LORD has declared. He said to me: 'You are my son; today I have become your father. International Standard Version Let me announce the decree of the LORD that he told me: "You are my son, today I have become your father. Majority Standard Bible I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father. NET Bible The king says, "I will announce the LORD's decree. He said to me: 'You are my son! This very day I have become your father! New Heart English Bible I will tell of the decree. The LORD said to me, "You are my son. Today I have become your father. Webster's Bible Translation I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said to me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. World English Bible I will tell of the decree: Yahweh said to me, “You are my son. Today I have become your father. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionI declare concerning a statute: YHWH said to me, “You [are] My Son, today I have brought You forth. Young's Literal Translation I declare concerning a statute: Jehovah said unto me, 'My Son Thou art, I to-day have brought thee forth. Smith's Literal Translation I will recount for a law of Jehovah: He said to me, Thou my son; this day I begat thee. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThe Lord hath said to me: Thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee. Catholic Public Domain Version The Lord has said to me: You are my son, this day have I begotten you. New American Bible I will proclaim the decree of the LORD, he said to me, “You are my son; today I have begotten you. New Revised Standard Version I will tell of the decree of the LORD: He said to me, “You are my son; today I have begotten you. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleTo declare my promise; the LORD has said to me, You are my Son; this day have I begotten you. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated To declare concerning my covenant, LORD JEHOVAH said to me, 'You are my Son, and today I have begotten you’. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917I will tell of the decree: The LORD said unto me: 'Thou art My son, This day have I begotten thee. Brenton Septuagint Translation declaring the ordinance of the Lord: the Lord said to me, Thou art my Son, to-day have I begotten thee. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Triumphant Messiah…6“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.” 7I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father. 8Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.… Cross References Acts 13:33 He has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second Psalm: ‘You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.’ Hebrews 1:5 For to which of the angels did God ever say: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father”? Or again: “I will be His Father, and He will be My Son”? Hebrews 5:5 So also Christ did not take upon Himself the glory of becoming a high priest, but He was called by the One who said to Him: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.” Matthew 3:17 And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!” Matthew 17:5 While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!” John 1:14 The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. Romans 1:4 and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by His resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord. Colossians 1:15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. Revelation 21:7 The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son. 2 Samuel 7:14 I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men. 1 Chronicles 17:13 I will be his Father, and he will be My son. And I will never remove My loving devotion from him as I removed it from your predecessor. 1 Chronicles 22:10 He is the one who will build a house for My Name. He will be My son, and I will be his Father. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’ 1 Chronicles 28:6 And He said to me, ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build My house and My courts, for I have chosen him as My son, and I will be his Father. Psalm 89:26-27 He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’ / I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth. Treasury of Scripture I will declare the decree: the LORD has said to me, You are my Son; this day have I begotten you. the decree. Psalm 148:6 He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass. Job 23:13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. Isaiah 46:10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: Thou Matthew 3:17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Matthew 8:29 And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time? Matthew 16:16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. this Psalm 89:27 Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth. John 1:14,18 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth… John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Jump to Previous Begotten Clear Decision Declare Decree Forth Lord's Proclaim Statute Surely Today To-DayJump to Next Begotten Clear Decision Declare Decree Forth Lord's Proclaim Statute Surely Today To-DayPsalm 2 1. The kingdom of Christ10. Kings are exhorted to accept it I will proclaim the decree This phrase introduces the speaker's intention to declare a divine decree. The Hebrew word for "proclaim" is "saphar," which means to recount or declare. In ancient times, decrees were authoritative commands issued by a king or ruler. Here, the speaker is announcing a divine decree, emphasizing the authority and unchangeable nature of God's word. This proclamation is not just a mere statement but a powerful declaration of God's sovereign will. spoken to Me by the LORD You are My Son today I have become Your Father I will tell.--Better, Let me speak concerning the appointment. The word rendered decree in our version is derived from a root meaning to engrave, and so stands for any formal agreement, but it is usually an ordinance clearly announced by a prophet or some other commissioned interpreter of the Divine will, and consecrated and legalised by mutual adoption by king and people. The Lord hath.--Better, Jehovah said unto me: that is, at that particular time, the day which the great event made the new birthday, as it were, of the monarch, or perhaps of the monarchy. From the particular prince, of whose career, if we could identify him with certainty, this would be the noblest historical memorial, the Psalmist--if, indeed, any one historic personage was in his thought at all--let his thoughts and hopes range, as we certainly may, on to a larger and higher fulfilment. The figure of an ideal prince who was always about to appear, but was never realised in any actual successor on the throne, may possibly, by the time of this psalm, have assumed its great place in the nation's prophetic hopes. Certainly the whole line of tradition claims the passage in a Messianic sense. (See Note, Psalm 2:2; and in New Testament Commentary, Note to Acts 13:33; Hebrews 1:5; Hebrews 5:5. For the king, spoken of as God's son, see Psalm 89:26-27, and comp. 2Samuel 7:14.) . . . Verse 7. - I will declare the decree. It is best to suppose that Messiah here takes the word, and maintains it to the end of ver. 9, when the psalmist resumes in his own person. Messiah "declares," or publishes, a "decree," made by God the Father in the beginning of all things, and communicated by him to the Son, whereby he made known the relationship between them, and invested the Son with sovereign power over the universe. The Lord hath said unto me; rather, said unto me (see the Revised Version). It was said, once for all, at a distant date. Thou art my Son. Not "one of my sons,,' but "my Son;" i.e. my one Son, my only one - "my Son" κατ ἐξοχήν (comp. Psalm 89:27; Hebrews 1:5). This day have I begotten thee. If it be asked, "Which day?" the answer would seem to be, the day when Christ commenced his redemptive work: then the Father "committed all judgment" - "all dominion over creation" to the Son" (John 5:22), gave him, as it were, a new existence, a new sphere, the throne of the world, and of all that is or that ever will be, in it (see 'Speaker's Commentary,' ad loc.).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew I will proclaimאֲסַפְּרָ֗ה (’ă·sap·pə·rāh) Verb - Piel - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular Strong's 5608: To count, recount, relate the decree חֹ֥ק (ḥōq) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2706: Something prescribed or owed, a statute spoken אָמַ֘ר (’ā·mar) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say to Me אֵלַ֥י (’ê·lay) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to by the LORD: יְֽהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3069: YHWH “You אַ֑תָּה (’at·tāh) Pronoun - second person masculine singular Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you [are] My Son; בְּנִ֥י (bə·nî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 1121: A son today הַיּ֥וֹם (hay·yō·wm) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3117: A day I אֲ֝נִ֗י (’ă·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's 589: I have become Your Father. יְלִדְתִּֽיךָ׃ (yə·liḏ·tî·ḵā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage Links Psalm 2:7 NIVPsalm 2:7 NLT Psalm 2:7 ESV Psalm 2:7 NASB Psalm 2:7 KJV Psalm 2:7 BibleApps.com Psalm 2:7 Biblia Paralela Psalm 2:7 Chinese Bible Psalm 2:7 French Bible Psalm 2:7 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 2:7 I will tell of the decree (Psalm Ps Psa.) |