Revelation 2:27

he ¹  will rule ²  them with an iron rod ³  and like clay jars he will break them to pieces, ⁴ 

Ps 2:8,9; Ps 49:14; Ps 149:5-9; Da 7:22; Mt 11:27; Lu 22:29; Joh 17:24; Re 12:5; Re 19:15

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

² tn Grk “will shepherd.”

³ tn Or “scepter.” The Greek term ῥάβδος (rJabdo") can mean either “rod” or “scepter.”

⁴ sn A quotation from Ps 2:9 (with the line introducing the quotation containing a partial allusion to Ps 2:8). See also Rev 12:5, 19:15.