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English Revised Version

Psalms 33:9

For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - God;   Heaven;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Creation;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Psalms, the Book of;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Creation;   Power;   Worship;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Humility;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Hymn;   Trinity;   Word;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - English Versions;   Ethics;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Psalms;   Sin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Omnipotence;   Word (2);   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Omnipotence;   World (Cosmological);   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Creation;   Gnosticism;   God;   Memra;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for March 15;   Every Day Light - Devotion for March 22;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
For he spoke, and it came into being;he commanded, and it came into existence.
Hebrew Names Version
For he spoke, and it was done. He commanded, and it stood firm.
King James Version
For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
English Standard Version
For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm.
New Century Version
He spoke, and it happened. He commanded, and it appeared.
New English Translation
For he spoke, and it came into existence, he issued the decree, and it stood firm.
Amplified Bible
For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.
New American Standard Bible
For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood firm.
World English Bible
For he spoke, and it was done. He commanded, and it stood firm.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For he spake, and it was done: he commanded, and it stood.
Legacy Standard Bible
For He spoke, and it was;He commanded, and it stood.
Berean Standard Bible
For He spoke, and it came to be; He commanded, and it stood firm.
Contemporary English Version
As soon as he spoke the world was created; at his command, the earth was formed.
Complete Jewish Bible
For he spoke, and there it was; he commanded, and there it stood.
Darby Translation
For *he* spoke, and it was [done]; *he* commanded, and it stood fast.
Easy-to-Read Version
because when he speaks, things happen. And if he says, "Stop!"—then it stops.
George Lamsa Translation
For he spoke, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
Good News Translation
When he spoke, the world was created; at his command everything appeared.
Lexham English Bible
For he himself spoke and it came to pass. He himself commanded and it stood firm.
Literal Translation
For He spoke, and it came into being; He commanded, and it stood fast.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For loke what he sayeth, it is done: and loke what he comaudeth, it stondeth fast.
American Standard Version
For he spake, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.
Bible in Basic English
For he gave the word, and it was done; by his order it was fixed for ever.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
For He spoke, and it was; He commanded, and it stood.
King James Version (1611)
For he spake, and it was done: he commanded, and it stood fast.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For he spake and it was: he commauded, and it was brought to passe.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For he spoke, and they were made; he commanded, and they were created.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For he seide, and thingis weren maad; he comaundide, and thingis weren maad of nouyt.
Update Bible Version
For he spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.
Webster's Bible Translation
For he spoke, and it was [done]; he commanded, and it stood fast.
New King James Version
For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.
New Living Translation
For when he spoke, the world began! It appeared at his command.
New Life Bible
For He spoke, and it was done. He spoke with strong words, and it stood strong.
New Revised Standard
For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, he, spake, and it was, He, commanded, and it stood forth.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(32-9) For he spoke and they were made: he commanded and they were created.
Revised Standard Version
For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood forth.
Young's Literal Translation
For He hath said, and it is, He hath commanded, and it standeth.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.

Contextual Overview

1 Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: praise is comely for the upright. 2 Give thanks unto the LORD with harp: sing praises unto him with the psaltery of ten strings. 3 Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise. 4 For the word of the LORD is right; and all his work is done in faithfulness. 5 He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the lovingkindness of the LORD. 6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. 7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the deeps in storehouses. 8 Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. 9 For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast. 10 The LORD bringeth the counsel of the nations to nought: he maketh the thoughts of the peoples to be of none effect.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

For: Psalms 33:6, Psalms 148:5, Psalms 148:6, Genesis 1:3, Hebrews 11:3

and it stood: Psalms 93:5, Psalms 119:90, Psalms 119:91, Colossians 1:16, Colossians 1:17, Hebrews 1:3, Revelation 4:11

Reciprocal: Genesis 1:1 - God Genesis 1:6 - Let there Genesis 2:1 - host Numbers 20:8 - speak 2 Samuel 17:14 - appointed 1 Kings 17:4 - I have commanded 2 Kings 19:15 - thou hast made 1 Chronicles 16:30 - stable Psalms 29:4 - powerful Psalms 78:23 - Though Psalms 90:2 - or ever Psalms 104:5 - Who laid the foundations of the earth Psalms 135:6 - Whatsoever Psalms 147:15 - sendeth Isaiah 34:16 - my mouth Lamentations 3:37 - saith Ezekiel 24:14 - the Lord Daniel 4:35 - and he Jonah 2:10 - General Matthew 8:3 - I will Matthew 8:8 - but Mark 1:41 - I Mark 1:42 - immediately Mark 5:41 - Damsel Mark 7:35 - General Mark 10:52 - he received Luke 5:13 - I will Luke 5:25 - immediately Luke 7:7 - but Luke 7:14 - Young Luke 18:42 - Receive John 4:53 - at the John 11:44 - he that

Cross-References

Genesis 4:9
And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: am I my brother's keeper?
Genesis 27:39
And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, of the fatness of the earth shall be thy dwelling, And of the dew of heaven from above;
Genesis 27:41
And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
Judges 20:23
(And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even; and they asked of the LORD, saying, Shall I again draw nigh to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD said, Go up against him.)
Proverbs 16:7
When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Proverbs 30:15
The horseleach hath two daughters, Crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four that say not, Enough:
Ecclesiastes 4:8
There is one that is alone, and he hath not a second; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labour, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches. For whom then, saith he, do I labour, and deprive my soul of good? This also is vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
Acts 9:17
And Ananias departed, and entered into the house; and laying his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, who appeared unto thee in the way which thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mayest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.
Acts 21:20
And they, when they heard it, glorified God; and they said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of them which have believed; and they are all zealous for the law:
Philemon 1:7
For I had much joy and comfort in thy love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through thee, brother.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For he spake, and it was [done],.... Or "it was" a, it came into being by a word speaking, almighty power going along with it; see Genesis 1:3;

he commanded, and it stood fast; every created thing continued in its being; not only all things were produced into being by his all commanding word and power, "nutu Jovis", as Maximus Tyrius speaks b; but by the same all things are upheld and consist, Hebrews 1:3 Colossians 1:17. The poet c uses the same word of God in the creation of things; and is the phrase in Genesis 1:3 admired by Longinus d: or this may refer to the implantation of the grace of fear in the hearts of his people; for as he speaks life into them in regeneration, commands light to shine in their dark heart, and says to them, when in their blood, Live; so by the mighty power of his word he commands the fear of him in them, and it continues.

a ויהי "et fuit", Pagninus, Montanus, Musculus, Gejerus; so Ainsworth. b Dissert. 25. c "Jussit et extendi campos", &c. Ovid. Metamorph. l. 1. Fab. 1. v. 43. d De Sublimi.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For he spake, and it was done - The word “done,” introduced here by our translators, enfeebles the sentence. It would be made more expressive and sublime as it is in the original: “He spake, and it was.” That is, Its existence depended on his word; the universe sprang into being at his command; he had only to speak, and it arose in all its grandeur where before there was nothing. There is here an undoubted allusion to the account in Genesis of the work of creation - where the statement is that all depended on the command or the word of God: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6,Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20, Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:26. Nothing more sublime can be conceived than the language thus employed in the Scriptures in describing that work. No more elevated conception can enter the human mind than that which is implied when it is said, God “spoke” and all this vast and wonderful universe rose into being.

He commanded - He gave order; he required the universe to appear.

And it stood fast - Or rather, “stood.” That is, it stood forth; it appeared; it rose into being. The idea of its “standing fast” is not in the original, and greatly enfeebles the expression.


 
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