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Psalms 33:9

For He spoke, and it came to be; He commanded, and it stood firm.

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

1Rejoice in the LORD, O righteous ones; it is fitting for the upright tp praise Him. 2Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to Him with ten strings. 3Sing to Him a new song; play skillfully with a shout of joy. 4For the word of the LORD is upright, and all His work is trustworthy. 5The LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of His loving devotion. 6By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth. 7He piles up the waters of the sea; He puts the depths into storehouses. 8Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the people of the world revere Him. 9For He spoke, and it came to be; He commanded, and it stood firm.10The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.

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 to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" "I do not know!" he answered. "Am I my brother's keeper?"
Genesis 27:39
His father Isaac answered him: "Behold, your dwelling place shall be away from the richness of the land, away from the dew of heaven above.
Genesis 27:41
Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart: "The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob."
Judges 20:23
They went up and wept before the LORD until evening, inquiring of Him, "Should we again draw near for battle against our brothers the Benjamites?" And the LORD answered, "Go up against them."
Proverbs 16:7
When a man's ways please the LORD, He makes even the man's enemies live at peace with him.
Proverbs 30:15
The leech has two daughters: Give and Give. There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, "Enough!":
Ecclesiastes 4:8
There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: "For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?" This too is futile-a miserable task.
Acts 9:17
So Ananias went to the house, and when he arrived, he placed his hands on Saul. "Brother Saul," he said, "the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit."
Acts 21:20
When they heard this, they glorified God. Then they said to Paul, "You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous for the law.
Philemon 1:7
I take great joy and encouragement in your love, because you, brother, have refreshed the hearts of the saints.

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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