King James Version
Psalms 2:3 in the King James Version says “Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.”
Psalms 2:3 · KJV
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? rage: or, tumultuously assemble imagine: Heb. meditate
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. vex: or, trouble
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“their bands”
H4147properly, chastisement, i.e., (by implication) a halter; figuratively, restraint
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