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Good News Translation

Psalms 33:15

He forms all their thoughts and knows everything they do.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - God;   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;   Psalms;   Sin;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Fashion;   Foreknow;   Omniscience;   Psychology;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Articles of Faith;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for March 22;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He forms the hearts of them all;he considers all their works.
Hebrew Names Version
He who fashions all of their hearts. He considers all of their works.
King James Version
He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.
English Standard Version
he who fashions the hearts of them all and observes all their deeds.
New Century Version
He made their hearts and understands everything they do.
New English Translation
He is the one who forms every human heart, and takes note of all their actions.
Amplified Bible
He who fashions the hearts of them all, Who considers and understands all that they do.
New American Standard Bible
He who fashions the hearts of them all, He who understands all their works.
World English Bible
He who fashions all of their hearts. He considers all of their works.
Geneva Bible (1587)
He facioneth their hearts euery one, and vnderstandeth all their workes.
Legacy Standard Bible
He who forms the hearts of them all,He who understands all their works.
Berean Standard Bible
He shapes the hearts of each; He considers all their works.
Contemporary English Version
The Lord gave us each a mind, and nothing we do can be hidden from him.
Complete Jewish Bible
he who fashioned the hearts of them all and understands all they do.
Darby Translation
He who fashioneth the hearts of them all, who considereth all their works.
Easy-to-Read Version
He created every person's mind, and he knows what each one is doing.
George Lamsa Translation
He fashions their hearts alike; he considers all their works.
Lexham English Bible
he who fashions altogether their heart, he who understands all their works.
Literal Translation
He forms the heart; He understands all their works.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He only hath fashioned all the hertes of them, & knoweth all their workes.
American Standard Version
He that fashioneth the hearts of them all, That considereth all their works.
Bible in Basic English
He makes all their hearts; their works are clear to him.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
He that fashioneth the hearts of them all, that considereth all their doings.
King James Version (1611)
He fashioneth their hearts alike: he considereth all their workes.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
He fashioneth their heartes together: he vnderstandeth al their workes.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
who fashioned their hearts alone; who understands all their works.
English Revised Version
He that fashioneth the hearts of them all, that considereth all their works.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Which made syngulerli the soules of hem; which vndurstondith all the werkis of hem.
Update Bible Version
He that fashions the hearts of them all, That considers all their works.
Webster's Bible Translation
He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.
New King James Version
He fashions their hearts individually; He considers all their works.
New Living Translation
He made their hearts, so he understands everything they do.
New Life Bible
He made the hearts of them all. And He understands whatever they do.
New Revised Standard
he who fashions the hearts of them all, and observes all their deeds.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Who fashioneth their heart all together, Who understandeth all their doings.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(32-15) He who hath made the hearts of every one of them: who understandeth all their works.
Revised Standard Version
he who fashions the hearts of them all, and observes all their deeds.
Young's Literal Translation
Who is forming their hearts together, Who is attending unto all their works.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He who fashions the hearts of them all, He who understands all their works.

Contextual Overview

12 Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord ; happy are the people he has chosen for his own! 13 The Lord looks down from heaven and sees all of us humans. 14 From where he rules, he looks down on all who live on earth. 15 He forms all their thoughts and knows everything they do. 16 A king does not win because of his powerful army; a soldier does not triumph because of his strength. 17 War horses are useless for victory; their great strength cannot save. 18 The Lord watches over those who obey him, those who trust in his constant love. 19 He saves them from death; he keeps them alive in times of famine. 20 We put our hope in the Lord ; he is our protector and our help. 21 We are glad because of him; we trust in his holy name.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

fashioneth: Proverbs 22:2, Proverbs 27:19, Ecclesiastes 7:29, Isaiah 64:8, Acts 17:26

considereth: Psalms 44:21, Job 11:11, Job 34:21, Job 34:22, Proverbs 24:12, Jeremiah 32:19, Hosea 7:2, 1 Corinthians 4:5

Reciprocal: Job 34:25 - he knoweth Luke 11:40 - did

Cross-References

Genesis 34:11
Then Shechem said to Dinah's father and brothers, "Do me this favor, and I will give you whatever you want.
Genesis 47:25
They answered, "You have saved our lives; you have been good to us, sir, and we will be the king's slaves."
Ruth 2:13
Ruth answered, "You are very kind to me, sir. You have made me feel better by speaking gently to me, even though I am not the equal of one of your servants."
1 Samuel 25:8
Just ask them, and they will tell you. We have come on a feast day, and David asks you to receive us kindly. Please give what you can to us your servants and to your dear friend David."
2 Samuel 16:4
The king said to Ziba, "Everything that belonged to Mephibosheth is yours." "I am your servant," Ziba replied. "May I always please Your Majesty!"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He fashioneth their hearts alike,.... The Lord is the former and fashioner of the heart, spirit, or soul of man, even of all hearts and spirits; whence he is called the Father of spirits, Hebrews 12:9; see

Zechariah 12:1; and he is the former of them alike; which seems to intimate as if all seals were alike, as they are made by the Lord; and it may be the difference there appears to be between them afterwards, nay be owing to the make and constitution of their bodies, to their education, and different situation, circumstances, and advantages in life, whereby the hearts of some may be more opened and enlarged than others. Some render it "together", or "altogether" g; which must not be understood of time, as if they were all made at once, but of equality; the one was made by him as well as the other; he is the fashioner of one and all of them, every whit of them; they are wholly fashioned by him, and all that is in them, all the powers and faculties of the soul; and by him only, and not by the instrumentality of another; for souls are created, not generated; they are produced out of nothing, and not out of pre-existent matter, as bodies; parents contribute somewhat to the bodies of their children, but not anything to their souls. God only "is the God of the spirits of all flesh", Numbers 16:22; some translate the word "singly" h; one by one, one after another in the several ages of time; for he continues to fashion them, and is always doing it; see

Zechariah 12:1. And he forms the hearts of his own people anew for himself, for his own glory; he forms Christ in them, and every grace of his Spirit; he forms them into one, and knits and unites them together in love, and makes them like to one another; for as face answers to face in water, so do the hearts and experiences of the saints one to another, Proverbs 27:19; all which he does wholly and alone; and since he fashions the hearts of all men in every sense, he must know them, which is the design of this expression; he knows the hearts of wicked men, and all the wickedness that is in them; he knows the hearts of good men, the worst that is in them, and also the best, which he himself has put there;

he considereth all their works; the works of evil men, not only their more open ones, but their more secret ones, and will bring them into judgment; and the works of good men, even their good works, which he will remember and reward in a way of grace.

g יחד "simul", Musculus, Gejerus; so Ainsworth. h καταμονας Sept. "sigillatim", V. L.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He fashioneth their hearts alike - That is, one as well as another; or, one as really as another. No one is exempt from his control, or from all that is implied in the word “fashioneth.” The meaning is not that their hearts are made to “resemble” each other, or to be “like” each other, whether in goodness or in wickedness - but that all alike “are” made by him. The idea in the word “fashioneth” here is not that of “creating,” in the sense that He “makes” the heart by his own power what it is, whether good or bad; but that, as he has “formed” the hearts of all people, he must see what is in the heart, or must behold all the purposes and thoughts of people. The Maker of the human heart must understand what is in it; and, therefore, He must have a clear understanding of the purposes and designs of human beings. This idea is carried out in the latter member of the sentence, “he considereth all their works,” and is substantially the same as in the expression Psalms 94:9, “He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see?”

He considereth all their works - He understands all that they do; he marks, or attends to, all that is done by them. The purpose here is to state the universal sovereignty of God. He made all things; He presides over all things; He sees all things; He is the source of safety and protection to all.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 33:15. He fashioneth their hearts alikeHe forms their hearts in unity; he has formed them alike; they are all the works of his hands: and he has formed them with the same powers, faculties, passions, c. body and spirit having the same essential properties in every human being.


 
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