Psalms 2:7

“I will recount the statute: YHWH said to me, “You are my son; today I have begotten you.”
Psalms 2:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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I will recountאֲסַפְּרָהthe statute:אֶל חֹקYHWHיְהוָהsaidאָמַרto me,אֵלַי“Youאַתָּהare my son;בְּנִיtodayהַיּוֹםIאֲנִיhave begotten you.יְלִדְתִּיךָ

Quotation · Acts 13:33

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The second half of Psalm 2:7 is quoted, words of YHWH to the king: “You are my son; today I have begotten you.”

Formula: ὡς καὶ ἐν τῷ ψαλμῷ γέγραπται τῷ δευτέρῳ “as it is written also in the second psalm” (Acts 13:33)

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Greek of the New Testament: ὅτι ταύτην ὁ θεὸς ἐκπεπλήρωκεν τοῖς τέκνοις ἡμῶν ἀναστήσας Ἰησοῦν ὡς καὶ ἐν τῷ ψαλμῷ γέγραπται τῷ δευτέρῳ Υἱός μου εἶ σύ ἐγὼ σήμερον γεγέννηκά σε

Hebrew (Masoretic text): אֲסַפְּרָה אֶל חֹק יְהוָה אָמַר אֵלַי בְּנִי אַתָּה אֲנִי הַיּוֹם יְלִדְתִּיךָ

Septuagint (Psalms 2:7 in the Septuagint numbering): διαγγέλλων τὸ πρόσταγμα Κυρίου. Κύριος εἶπεν πρὸς μέ ⁷ἰός μου εἶ σύ, ἐγὼ σήμερον γεγέννηκά σε·

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 7 consecutive words: “μου εἶ σύ ἐγὼ σήμερον γεγέννηκά σε.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Quotation · Hebrews 1:5

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The second half of Psalm 2:7 is quoted, words of YHWH to the king: “You are my son; today I have begotten you.”

Formula: Τίνι γὰρ εἶπέν ποτε τῶν ἀγγέλων “to which of the angels did he ever say…?” (Hebrews 1:5)

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Greek of the New Testament: Τίνι γὰρ εἶπέν ποτε τῶν ἀγγέλων Υἱός μου εἶ σύ ἐγὼ σήμερον γεγέννηκά σε καὶ πάλιν Ἐγὼ ἔσομαι αὐτῷ εἰς πατέρα καὶ αὐτὸς ἔσται μοι εἰς υἱόν

Hebrew (Masoretic text): אֲסַפְּרָה אֶל חֹק יְהוָה אָמַר אֵלַי בְּנִי אַתָּה אֲנִי הַיּוֹם יְלִדְתִּיךָ

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 7 consecutive words: “μου εἶ σύ ἐγὼ σήμερον γεγέννηκά σε.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Quotation · Hebrews 5:5

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The second half of Psalm 2:7 is quoted, words of YHWH to the king: “You are my son; today I have begotten you.”

Formula: ὁ λαλήσας πρὸς αὐτόν “the one who said to him” (Hebrews 5:5)

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Greek of the New Testament: Οὕτως καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς οὐχ ἑαυτὸν ἐδόξασεν γενηθῆναι ἀρχιερέα ἀλλ’ ὁ λαλήσας πρὸς αὐτόν Υἱός μου εἶ σύ ἐγὼ σήμερον γεγέννηκά σε

Hebrew (Masoretic text): אֲסַפְּרָה אֶל חֹק יְהוָה אָמַר אֵלַי בְּנִי אַתָּה אֲנִי הַיּוֹם יְלִדְתִּיךָ

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 7 consecutive words: “μου εἶ σύ ἐγὼ σήμερον γεγέννηκά σε.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Psalms 2:7, word by word

I will recountאֲסַפְּרָהasapra

recount

To relate, declare: the heavens proclaim the glory of El.

Where else “asapra” appears

the statuteחֹקchok

statute

A rule that God or a king sets and that must be kept.

Where else “chok” appears

YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

Where else “yehva” appears

saidאָמַרamar

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “amar” appears

are my sonבְּנִbeni

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

Where else “beni” appears

todayיּוֹםyom

today

This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.

Where else “yom” appears

have begotten youיְלִדְתִּיyelidti

father

For a man to have a child.

Where else “yelidti” appears

Translation note

The king is now speaking. This verse is quoted in Acts 13:33 and in Hebrews 1:5; 5:5.

Parallel passages

Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.

Quotation · Acts 13:33

The second half of Psalm 2:7 is quoted, words of YHWH to the king: “You are my son; today I have begotten you.”

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Psalms 2:7

⁷I will recount the statute: YHWH said to me, “You are my son; today I have begotten you.

Acts 13:33

³³that God has fulfilled this for our children by raising Jesus, as it is written also in the second psalm, ‘You are my Son; I today have begotten you.’

Quotation · Hebrews 1:5

The second half of Psalm 2:7 is quoted, words of YHWH to the king: “You are my son; today I have begotten you.”

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Psalms 2:7

⁷I will recount the statute: YHWH said to me, “You are my son; today I have begotten you.

Hebrews 1:5

⁵For to which of the angels did he ever say: You are my Son; today I have begotten you? And again: I will be a father to him, and he will be a son to me?

Quotation · Hebrews 5:5

The second half of Psalm 2:7 is quoted, words of YHWH to the king: “You are my son; today I have begotten you.”

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Psalms 2:7

⁷I will recount the statute: YHWH said to me, “You are my son; today I have begotten you.

Hebrews 5:5

⁵So also the Messiah did not glorify himself to become high priest, but it was the one who said to him: You are my Son; today I have begotten you,

The context

6“But I have installed my king on Zion, my holy mountain.”

7 · This verse (above)

8Ask of me, and I will give nations as your inheritance, and as your possession the ends of the earth.

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