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Psalms 33:14

From his house he keeps watch on all who are living on the earth;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - God Continued...;   Man;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Psalms, the Book of;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Worship;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Humility;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Providence;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Hymn;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - English Versions;   Ethics;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Lip;   Psalms;   Sin;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jerusalem;   Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Foreknow;   Omniscience;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Heaven;   Providence;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for March 22;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He gazes on all the inhabitants of the earthfrom his dwelling place.
Hebrew Names Version
From the place of his habitation he looks out on all the inhabitants of the eretz.
King James Version
From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
English Standard Version
from where he sits enthroned he looks out on all the inhabitants of the earth,
New Century Version
From his throne he watches all who live on earth.
New English Translation
From the place where he lives he looks carefully at all the earth's inhabitants.
Amplified Bible
From His dwelling place He looks closely Upon all the inhabitants of the earth—
New American Standard Bible
From His dwelling place He looks out On all the inhabitants of the earth,
World English Bible
From the place of his habitation he looks out on all the inhabitants of the earth.
Geneva Bible (1587)
From the habitation of his dwelling he beholdeth all them that dwell in the earth.
Legacy Standard Bible
From the place of His habitation He gazesOn all the inhabitants of the earth,
Berean Standard Bible
From His dwelling place He gazes on all who inhabit the earth.
Contemporary English Version
from his throne in heaven, and he watches us all.
Complete Jewish Bible
from the place where he lives he watches everyone living on earth,
Darby Translation
From the place of his habitation he looketh forth upon all the inhabitants of the earth;
Easy-to-Read Version
From his high throne he looked down at all the people living on earth.
George Lamsa Translation
From his throne he looks upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
Good News Translation
From where he rules, he looks down on all who live on earth.
Lexham English Bible
From his dwelling place he gazes on all the inhabitants of the earth,
Literal Translation
From His dwellingplace He looks on all the ones living in the earth.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
from his stronge seate he considreth all them yt dwell in the worlde.
American Standard Version
From the place of his habitation he looketh forth Upon all the inhabitants of the earth,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
From the place of His habitation He looketh intently upon all the inhabitants of the earth;
King James Version (1611)
From the place of his habitation, he looketh vpon all the inhabitants of the earth.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
from the place where he resteth: he eyeth diligently euery dweller on the earth.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
He looks from his prepared habitation on all the dwellers on the earth;
English Revised Version
From the place of his habitation he looketh forth upon all the inhabitants of the earth;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Fro his dwellyng place maad redi bifor; he bihelde on alle men, that enhabiten the erthe.
Update Bible Version
From the place of his habitation he looks forth On all the inhabitants of the earth,
Webster's Bible Translation
From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
New King James Version
From the place of His dwelling He looks On all the inhabitants of the earth;
New Living Translation
From his throne he observes all who live on the earth.
New Life Bible
From where He sits He looks upon all who live on the earth.
New Revised Standard
From where he sits enthroned he watches all the inhabitants of the earth—
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Out of his settled place of abode, hath he fixed his gaze on all the inhabitants of the earth:
Douay-Rheims Bible
(32-14) From his habitation which he hath prepared, he hath looked upon all that dwell on the earth.
Revised Standard Version
from where he sits enthroned he looks forth on all the inhabitants of the earth,
Young's Literal Translation
From the fixed place of His dwelling, He looked unto all inhabitants of the earth;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
From His dwelling place He looks out On all the inhabitants of the earth,

Contextual Overview

12 Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he has taken for his heritage. 13 The Lord is looking down from heaven; he sees all the sons of men; 14 From his house he keeps watch on all who are living on the earth; 15 He makes all their hearts; their works are clear to him. 16 A king's salvation is not in the power of his army; a strong man does not get free by his great strength. 17 A horse is a false hope; his great power will not make any man free from danger. 18 See, the eye of the Lord is on those in whose hearts is the fear of him, on those whose hope is in his mercy; 19 To keep their souls from death; and to keep them living in time of need. 20 Our souls are waiting for the Lord; he is our help and our salvation. 21 For in him our hearts have joy; in his holy name is our hope.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Psalms 123:1, 1 Kings 8:27, 1 Kings 8:30, Isaiah 57:15, Isaiah 66:1, Luke 11:2, 1 Timothy 6:16

Reciprocal: Genesis 6:12 - God Genesis 11:5 - General Job 22:14 - General Psalms 14:2 - The Lord Psalms 53:2 - looked Psalms 68:5 - in his Psalms 102:19 - For he Isaiah 63:15 - down Daniel 4:35 - the inhabitants

Cross-References

Genesis 32:3
Now Jacob sent servants before him to Esau, his brother, in the land of Seir, the country of Edom;
Genesis 33:2
He put the servants and their children in front, Leah and her children after them, and Rachel and Joseph at the back.
Genesis 33:3
And he himself, going before them, went down on his face to the earth seven times till he came near his brother.
Genesis 33:19
And for a hundred bits of money he got from the children of Hamor, the builder of Shechem, the field in which he had put up his tents.
Deuteronomy 2:1
Then we went back, journeying into the waste land by the way to the Red Sea, as the Lord had said to me: and we were a long time going round Mount Seir.
Judges 5:4
Lord, when you went out from Seir, moving like an army from the field of Edom, the earth was shaking and the heavens were troubled, and the clouds were dropping water.
2 Chronicles 20:10
And now, see, the children of Ammon and Moab and the people of Mount Seir, whom you kept Israel from attacking when they came out of Egypt, so that turning to one side they did not send destruction on them:
Isaiah 40:11
He will give food to his flock like a keeper of sheep; with his arm he will get it together, and will take up the lambs on his breast, gently guiding those which are with young.
Ezekiel 25:8
This is what the Lord has said: Because Moab and Seir are saying, See, the people of Judah are like all the nations;
Mark 4:33
And with a number of such stories he gave them his teaching, as they were able to take it:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

From the place of his habitation,.... Which is heaven, that is, the habitation of his holiness, and of his glory, Isaiah 63:15;

he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth; good and bad; and not the nation of Israel only, but the Gentile world, whom in former times he overlooked, but under the Gospel dispensation visits in a way of mercy; by sending his son to die for them, by spreading his Gospel among them, by calling them by his grace, by planting churches in the midst of them, and by continuing his word and ordinances with them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

From the place of his habitation - From his dwelling - heaven.

He looketh down - He continually sees. The sentiment is repeated here to show that no one can escape his eye; that the condition, the characters, the wants of all are intimately known to him, and that thus he can watch over his people - all that love and serve him - and can guard them from danger. See Psalms 33:18-19.


 
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