Psalm 2:8

Hebrew	שְׁאַ֤ל מִמֶּ֗נִּי וְאֶתְּנָ֣ה ג֭וֹיִם נַחֲלָתֶ֑ךָ וַ֝אֲחֻזָּתְךָ֗ אַפְסֵי אָֽרֶץplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigאֶרֶץ hebrew Meaning: * Earth (e.g. Genesis 1:1) or world * Land * Countries or country The word אֶרֶץ can designate the whole of planet earth, or the inhabitable world or the national territory or ground. When coupled with heavens (שָׁמַיִם), the phrase indicates the entire created order.Genesis 12:1
ESV	Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession.
NIV	Ask of me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession.
NLT	Only ask, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, the whole earth as your possession.
LXX	αἴτησαι παρ ἐμοῦ καὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί greek Meaning * And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and” δώσω σοι ἔθνη τὴνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article κληρονομίαν σου καὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί greek Meaning * And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and” τὴνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article κατάσχεσίν σου τὰplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article πέρατα τῆςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article γῆςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigγῆ Meaning: * Soil or ground (e.g. Matthew 13:5) * Land (e.g. Luke 4:5) * Country * Earth (e.g. Matthew 5:5) Feminine noun. Connected to the English words “ground”, “geometry” and “geology”. It occurs throughout the LXX and the New Testament (approximately 250 times in the New Testament) and its meaning varies subtly on context, for example, in the LXX:Genesis 1:1Genesis 2:7Genesis 12:1
KJV	Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

^{Psalm 2:7 ← Psalm 2:8 → Psalm 2:9}

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