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.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsand 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:
He will rule them with an iron scepter and shatter them like pottery—just as I have received authority from My Father.
and he shall rule them with a rod of iron--as the vessels of the potter they shall be broken--as I also have received from my Father;
and he shall shepherd them with an iron rod; as vessels of pottery are they broken in pieces, as I also have received from my Father;
About this book
New Testament▾
About this book
New TestamentRevelation — John on Patmos sees the Lamb who was slain enthroned, the scroll opened, Babylon fallen, and the new Jerusalem descending. The canon's capstone — and its most interpretively contested book.
- Author
- John (traditional — apostle of Jesus; same author as the Fourth Gospel). Some modern critical scholarship distinguishes ‘John of Patmos’ from the apostle; site defaults to traditional attribution
- Date
- Late-date c. AD 95–96 under Domitian (Irenaeus, mainstream traditional); early-date c. AD 65–68 under Nero (required by most preterist readings). Site surfaces both