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Psalms 33:10

The Lord frustrates the decisions of the nations; he nullifies the plans of the peoples.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Thompson Chain Reference - Devices, Evil;   Evil;   Plans and Devices of Men;   Wicked, the;   The Topic Concordance - Counsel;   Gentiles/heathen;   God;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Gentiles;   Heathen, the;   Providence of God, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Psalms, the Book of;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Power;   Predestination;   Worship;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Providence of God;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Humility;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Hymn;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - English Versions;   Ethics;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Psalms;   Sin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Omnipotence;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Nought;   People;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - God;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for March 22;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord frustrates the counsel of the nations;he thwarts the plans of the peoples.
Hebrew Names Version
The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing. He makes the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.
King James Version
The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
English Standard Version
The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he frustrates the plans of the peoples.
New Century Version
The Lord upsets the plans of nations; he ruins all their plans.
Amplified Bible
The LORD nullifies the counsel of the nations; He makes the thoughts and plans of the people ineffective.
New American Standard Bible
The LORD nullifies the plan of nations; He frustrates the plans of peoples.
World English Bible
Yahweh brings the counsel of the nations to nothing. He makes the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The Lorde breaketh the counsell of the heathen, and bringeth to nought the deuices of the people.
Legacy Standard Bible
Yahweh nullifies the counsel of the nations;He frustrates the thoughts of the peoples.
Berean Standard Bible
The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.
Contemporary English Version
The Lord destroys the plans and spoils the schemes of the nations.
Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai brings to nothing the plans of nations, he foils the plans of the peoples.
Darby Translation
Jehovah frustrateth the counsel of the nations; he maketh the thoughts of the peoples of none effect.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord can ruin every decision the nations make. He can spoil all their plans.
George Lamsa Translation
The LORD brings the counsel of the Gentiles to nought; the LORD makes the devices of the people of no effect.
Good News Translation
The Lord frustrates the purposes of the nations; he keeps them from carrying out their plans.
Lexham English Bible
Yahweh brings to nothing the plan of nations; he frustrates the intents of peoples.
Literal Translation
Jehovah voids the counsel of the nations, He frustrates the thoughts of the peoples.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The LORDE bryngeth the councell of the Heithen to naught, and turneth the deuyces of the people.
American Standard Version
Jehovah bringeth the counsel of the nations to nought; He maketh the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.
Bible in Basic English
The Lord undoes the designs of the nations; he makes the thoughts of the peoples without effect.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The LORD bringeth the counsel of the nations to nought; He maketh the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.
King James Version (1611)
The Lord bringeth the counsell of the heathen to nought: he maketh the deuices of the people, of none effect.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
God bringeth the counsell of the Heathen to naught: and maketh the deuises of the people to be of none effect.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The Lord frustrates the counsels of the nations; he brings to nought also the reasonings of the peoples, and brings to nought the counsels of princes.
English Revised Version
The LORD bringeth the counsel of the nations to nought: he maketh the thoughts of the peoples to be of none effect.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The Lord distrieth the counsels of folkis, forsothe he repreueth the thouytis of puplis; and he repreueth the counsels of prynces.
Update Bible Version
Yahweh brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; He makes the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.
Webster's Bible Translation
The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to naught: he maketh the devices of the people of no effect.
New King James Version
The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; He makes the plans of the peoples of no effect.
New Living Translation
The Lord frustrates the plans of the nations and thwarts all their schemes.
New Life Bible
The Lord brings the plans of nations to nothing. He wrecks the plans of the people.
New Revised Standard
The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he frustrates the plans of the peoples.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Yahweh, hath frustrated the counsel of nations, hath brought to nothing the devices of peoples.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(32-10) The Lord bringeth to nought the counsels of nations; and he rejecteth the devices of people, and casteth away the counsels of princes.
Revised Standard Version
The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nought; he frustrates the plans of the peoples.
Young's Literal Translation
Jehovah made void the counsel of nations, He disallowed the thoughts of the peoples.
THE MESSAGE
God takes the wind out of Babel pretense, he shoots down the world's power-schemes. God 's plan for the world stands up, all his designs are made to last. Blessed is the country with God for God; blessed are the people he's put in his will.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The Lord nullifies the counsel of the nations; He frustrates the plans of the peoples.

Contextual Overview

1 You godly ones, shout for joy because of the Lord ! It is appropriate for the morally upright to offer him praise. 2 Give thanks to the Lord with the harp! Sing to him to the accompaniment of a ten-stringed instrument! 3 Sing to him a new song! Play skillfully as you shout out your praises to him! 4 For the Lord 's decrees are just, and everything he does is fair. 5 The Lord promotes equity and justice; the Lord 's faithfulness extends throughout the earth. 6 By the Lord 's decree the heavens were made; by a mere word from his mouth all the stars in the sky were created. 7 He piles up the water of the sea; he puts the oceans in storehouses. 8 Let the whole earth fear the Lord ! Let all who live in the world stand in awe of him! 9 For he spoke, and it came into existence, he issued the decree, and it stood firm. 10 The Lord frustrates the decisions of the nations; he nullifies the plans of the peoples.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

The Lord: Psalms 2:1-4, Psalms 9:15, Exodus 1:10-12, 2 Samuel 15:31, 2 Samuel 15:34, 2 Samuel 17:14, 2 Samuel 17:23, Job 5:12, Job 5:13, Proverbs 21:30, Isaiah 7:5-7, Isaiah 8:9, Isaiah 8:10, Isaiah 19:3, Isaiah 19:11-14, Isaiah 44:23

bringeth: Heb. maketh frustrate, Isaiah 44:25

he maketh: Psalms 21:11, Psalms 140:8

Reciprocal: Genesis 11:7 - confound Numbers 22:20 - but yet Numbers 22:38 - have I 1 Kings 14:6 - thou wife 2 Chronicles 11:1 - an hundred 2 Chronicles 22:11 - she slew him not Nehemiah 4:15 - God Job 18:7 - his own Proverbs 19:21 - many Isaiah 14:24 - Surely Isaiah 25:1 - thy counsels Jeremiah 19:7 - I will make Jeremiah 48:30 - his lies shall not so effect it Jeremiah 50:45 - hear Daniel 11:36 - for Amos 5:5 - come Obadiah 1:8 - even Nahum 1:9 - do Matthew 2:8 - go Luke 1:51 - he hath scattered John 7:53 - General Acts 5:23 - The prison Acts 5:38 - for 1 Corinthians 2:6 - come Galatians 2:21 - do not Galatians 3:17 - none

Cross-References

Genesis 19:19
Your servant has found favor with you, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I am not able to escape to the mountains because this disaster will overtake me and I'll die.
Genesis 32:30
So Jacob named the place Peniel, explaining, "Certainly I have seen God face to face and have survived."
Genesis 33:12
Then Esau said, "Let's be on our way! I will go in front of you."
Genesis 33:13
But Jacob said to him, "My lord knows that the children are young, and that I have to look after the sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven too hard for even a single day, all the animals will die.
Genesis 43:3
But Judah said to him, "The man solemnly warned us, ‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.'
Genesis 47:29
The time for Israel to die approached, so he called for his son Joseph and said to him, "If now I have found favor in your sight, put your hand under my thigh and show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,
Genesis 50:4
When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh's royal court, "If I have found favor in your sight, please say to Pharaoh,
Ruth 2:10
Ruth knelt before him with her forehead to the ground and said to him, "Why are you so kind and so attentive to me, even though I am a foreigner?"
1 Samuel 20:3
Taking an oath, David again said, "Your father is very much aware of the fact that I have found favor with you, and he has thought, ‘Don't let Jonathan know about this, or he will be upset.' But as surely as the Lord lives and you live, there is about one step between me and death!"
2 Samuel 3:13
So David said, "Good! I will make an agreement with you. I ask only one thing from you. You will not see my face unless you bring Saul's daughter Michal when you come to visit me."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The Lord bringeth the counsel of the Heathen to nought,.... The psalmist having taken notice of the works of creation, in order to excite the saints to praise, proceeds to observe the providence of God, and particularly that branch of it which lies in disappointing the designs of wicked men; it is wickedness which they consult and devise, and thin is against the Lord's people, his cause and interest, and so against himself; and though their schemes are formed and contrived with a great deal of subtlety, yet they are commonly blasted; whether laid by particular persons, as by Ahithophel against David; or by nations, whole bodies of men, as of the Egyptians and Assyrians against Israel; and of Jews and Gentiles against Christ and his cause;

he maketh the devices of the people of none effect; the same thing is expressed here as before, in different words, for the further confirmation of it, and that it might be attended to. This is the Lord's doing, he is omniscient, and knows all the secret plots and designs of men; and he is omnipotent, and counteracts them, and confounds them in all their measures; and is faithful to his people, cause, and interest.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought - Margin: “maketh frustrate.” The Hebrew word means to “break,” or to “annul.” The word here rendered “heathen” means “nations;” and the idea is that God, by his own overruling purpose and providence, frustrates the designs of the nations of the earth; that he carries forward his own designs and purposes in spite of theirs; that their plans avail nothing when they come in competition with his. their purposes must yield to His purpose. Compare Isaiah 8:9-10, note; Isaiah 19:3, note. All the plans and purposes of the nations of the earth that conflict with the purposes of God will be vain; all those plans, whatever they may be, will be made subservient under His providence to the promotion of His great designs.

He maketh the devices of the people of none effect - That is, He renders them vain, unsuccessful, ineffectual. The word “people” here is synonymous with “nations,” and the idea is, that whatever may be the thoughts and purposes of human beings, if they are opposed to the plans of God, or if they do not tend to promote His glory, they will be rendered futile or vain. God is a great and glorious Sovereign over all, and He will make everything subordinate to the promotion of His own great designs.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 33:10. The counsel of the heathen to naught — This appears to be similar to what is mentioned in the second Psalm; the useless attempts of the Gentiles to prevent the extension of the kingdom of Christ in the earth: and it may refer to similar attempts of ungodly nations or men to prevent the promulgation of the Gospel, and the universal dissemination of truth in the world.


 
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