Psalms 33:11

Douay-Rheims Bible

(32-11) But the counsel of the Lord standeth for ever: the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The counsel of the Lord stands forever,the plans of his heart from generation to generation.

Hebrew Names Version
The counsel of the LORD stands fast forever, The thoughts of his heart to all generations.

King James Version
The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

English Standard Version
The counsel of the Lord stands forever, the plans of his heart to all generations.

New Century Version
But the Lord 's plans will stand forever; his ideas will last from now on.

New English Translation
The Lord 's decisions stand forever; his plans abide throughout the ages.

Amplified Bible
The counsel of the LORD stands forever, The thoughts and plans of His heart through all generations.

New American Standard Bible
The plan of the LORD stands forever, The plans of His heart from generation to generation.

World English Bible
The counsel of Yahweh stands fast forever, The thoughts of his heart to all generations.

Geneva Bible (1587)
The counsell of the Lord shall stand for euer, and the thoughts of his heart throughout all ages.

Legacy Standard Bible
The counsel of Yahweh stands forever,The thoughts of His heart from generation to generation.

Berean Standard Bible
The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the purposes of His heart to all generations.

Contemporary English Version
But what the Lord has planned will stand forever. His thoughts never change.

Complete Jewish Bible
But the counsel of Adonai stands forever, his heart's plans are for all generations.

Darby Translation
The counsel of Jehovah standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart from generation to generation.

Easy-to-Read Version
But the Lord 's decisions are good forever. His plans are good for generation after generation.

George Lamsa Translation
The counsel of the LORD stands for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

Good News Translation
But his plans endure forever; his purposes last eternally.

Lexham English Bible
The plan of Yahweh stands firm forever, the intents of his heart from one generation to the next.

Literal Translation
Jehovah's counsel stands forever, the thoughts of His heart to all generations.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But the coucell of the LORDE endureth, and the thoughtes of his hert from generacion to generacion.

American Standard Version
The counsel of Jehovah standeth fast for ever, The thoughts of his heart to all generations.

Bible in Basic English
The Lord's purpose is eternal, the designs of his heart go on through all the generations of man.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of His heart to all generations.

King James Version (1611)
The counsaile of the Lord standeth for euer, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The counsayle of God shall endure for euer: and the thoughtes of his heart from generation to generation.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But the counsel of the Lord endures for ever, the thoughts of his heart from generation to generation.

English Revised Version
The counsel of the LORD standeth fast for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But the counsel of the Lord dwellith with outen ende; the thouytis of his herte dwellen in generacioun and into generacioun.

Update Bible Version
The counsel of Yahweh stands fast forever, The thoughts of his heart to all generations.

Webster's Bible Translation
The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

New King James Version
The counsel of the LORD stands forever, The plans of His heart to all generations.

New Living Translation
But the Lord 's plans stand firm forever; his intentions can never be shaken.

New Life Bible
The plans of the Lord stand forever. The plans of His heart stand through the future of all people.

New Revised Standard
The counsel of the Lord stands forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The counsel of Yahweh, to times age-abiding, shall stand, The devices of his heart, from generation to generation.

Revised Standard Version
The counsel of the LORD stands for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

Young's Literal Translation
The counsel of Jehovah to the age standeth, The thoughts of His heart to all generations.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The counsel of the Lord stands forever, The plans of His heart from generation to generation.

Contextual Overview

¹ (32-1) <A psalm for David.> Rejoice in the Lord, O ye just: praise becometh the upright. ² (32-2) Give praise to the Lord on the harp; sing to him with the psaltery, the instrument of ten strings. ³ (32-3) Sing to him a new canticle, sing well unto him with a loud noise. ⁴ (32-4) For the word of the Lord is right, and all his works are done with faithfulness. ⁵ (32-5) He loveth mercy and judgment; the earth is full of the mercy of the Lord. ⁶ (32-6) By the word of the Lord the heavens were established; and all the power of them by the spirit of his mouth: ⁷ (32-7) Gathering together the waters of the sea, as in a vessel; laying up the depths in storehouses. ⁸ (32-8) Let all the earth fear the Lord, and let all the inhabitants of the world be in awe of him. ⁹ (32-9) For he spoke and they were made: he commanded and they were created. ¹⁰ (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.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

The counsel: Job 23:13, Proverbs 19:21, Isaiah 14:24, Isaiah 14:27, Isaiah 46:10, Lamentations 3:37, Ezekiel 38:10-23, Daniel 4:37, Acts 4:27, Acts 4:28, Ephesians 1:11

thoughts: Psalms 92:5, Isaiah 55:8, Isaiah 55:9, Jeremiah 29:11, Micah 4:12

all generations: Heb. generation and generation, Acts 15:18

Reciprocal: Numbers 22:20 - but yet 2 Kings 19:25 - Hast thou not 2 Chronicles 11:4 - for this thing Nehemiah 4:15 - God Job 5:12 - disappointeth Psalms 135:6 - Whatsoever Ecclesiastes 3:14 - whatsoever Isaiah 7:7 - General Isaiah 8:10 - counsel Isaiah 25:1 - thy counsels Jeremiah 19:7 - I will make Jeremiah 44:28 - shall know Jeremiah 49:20 - the counsel Jeremiah 50:45 - hear Zechariah 6:1 - and the Zechariah 8:14 - As Matthew 2:8 - go Luke 2:6 - so Acts 5:38 - for Acts 27:1 - when Ephesians 1:9 - purposed Hebrews 6:17 - the immutability

Cross-References

Genesis 30:43
And the man was enriched exceedingly, and he had many flocks, maidservants and menservants, camels and asses.

Genesis 33:5
And lifting up his eyes, he saw the women and their children, and said: What mean these? And do they belong to thee? He answered: They are the children which God hath given to me, thy servant.

Genesis 33:6
Then the handmaids and their children came near and bowed themselves.

Genesis 33:9
But he said: I have plenty, my brother, keep what is thine for thyself.

Genesis 33:11
And take the blessing which I have brought thee, and which God hath given me, who giveth all things. He took it with much ado at his brother’s earnest pressing him,

Genesis 33:12
And said: Let us go on together, and I will accompany thee in thy journey.

Genesis 33:13
And Jacob said: My lord, thou knowest that I have with me tender children, and sheep, and kine with young: which if I should cause to be overdriven, in one day all the flocks will die.

Genesis 33:15
Esau answered: I beseech thee, that some of the people, at least, who are with me, may stay to accompany thee in the way. And he said: There is no necessity: I want nothing else but only to find favour, my lord, in thy sight.

Genesis 33:16
So Esau returned that day, the way that he came, to Seir.

Genesis 33:20
And raising an altar there, he invoked upon it the most mighty God of Israel.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever,.... By which are meant, not the doctrines of the Gospel, nor the ordinances of it; though these will stand firm, and remain to the end of the world; but the purposes and decrees of God, which are wisely formed in himself, are eternal and unfrustrable, and relate to all things in providence and grace. The Lord does all things according to the counsel of his will in the government of the world, and in the salvation of men: the choice of persons to everlasting life is according to it; and so are their redemption, effectual calling, and glorification;

the thoughts of his heart to all generations; which, with respect to his own people, are thoughts of peace, grace, and mercy; these are many, and within himself, were very early, even from all eternity, and have their sure and certain effect, Isaiah 14:24; see Proverbs 19:21.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The counsel of the Lord - The purpose of the Lord.

Standeth for ever - It will be carried out. It will never be changed. There can be no “superior” counsel or will to change it, as is the case with the plans of men; and no purposes of any beings “inferior” to himself - angels, men, or devils - can affect, defeat, or modify his eternal plans. No changes in human affairs can impede his plans; no opposition can defeat them; no progress can supersede them.

The thoughts of his heart - The things which he has “designed,” or which he intends shall be accomplished.

To all generations - Margin, as in Hebrew, “to generation and generation.” That is, from one generation of men to another; or, to all time. The plans of God are not changed by the passing off of one generation and the coming on of another; by new dynasties of kings, or by the revolutions that may occur in states and empires. Men can seldom cause their plans to be carried forward beyond the generation in which they live; and they can have no security that coming generations, with their own plans, will not abolish or change all that has been devised or purposed before. No man can make it certain that his own will, even in regard to “property,” will be carried out in the generation that succeeds him. No monarch can make it certain that his plans will be perfected by his successors. Schemes devised with the profoundest care and the highest wisdom may be set aside by those who are next in power; and no individual can hope that coming ages will feel sufficient interest in him or his memory to carry on his plans. Who feels now any obligation to carry out the projects of Caesar or Alexander? How long since have all their plans passed away! So it will be with all who are now playing their parts on the earth! But none of these things affect the purposes of Him who will continue to live and to carry out His own designs when all the generations of human beings shall have passed away.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 33:11. The counsel of the Lord — What he has determined shall be done. He determined to make a world, and he made it; to create man, and he created him. He determined that at a certain period God should be manifested in the flesh, and it was so; that he should taste death for every man, and he did so; that his Gospel should be preached in all the world; and behold it has already nearly overrun the whole earth. All his other counsels and thoughts, which refer to the future, shall be accomplished in their times.