Psalms 33:9

Amplified Bible

For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
For when he spoke, the world began! It appeared at his command.

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

Update Bible Version
For he spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.

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.

Webster's Bible Translation
For he spoke, and it was [done]; he commanded, and it stood fast.

World English Bible
For he spoke, and it was done. He commanded, and it stood firm.

English Standard Version
For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For he seide, and thingis weren maad; he comaundide, and thingis weren maad of nouyt.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Geneva Bible (1587)
For he spake, and it was done: he commanded, and it stood.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Young's Literal Translation
For He hath said, and it is, He hath commanded, and it standeth.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For loke what he sayeth, it is done: and loke what he comaudeth, it stondeth fast.

New American Standard Bible
For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood firm.

New King James Version
For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.

Legacy Standard Bible
For He spoke, and it was;He commanded, and it stood.

Contextual Overview

¹Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous ones; Praise is becoming and appropriate for those who are upright [in heart—those with moral integrity and godly character]. ²Give thanks to the LORD with the lyre; Sing praises to Him with the harp of ten strings. ³Sing to Him a new song; Play skillfully [on the strings] with a loud and joyful sound. ⁴For the word of the LORD is right; And all His work is done in faithfulness. ⁵He loves righteousness and justice; The earth is full of the lovingkindness of the LORD. ⁶By the word of the LORD were the heavens made, And all their host by the breath of His mouth. ⁷He gathers the waters of the sea together as in a wineskin; He puts the deeps in storehouses. ⁸Let all the earth fear and worship the LORD; Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him. ⁹For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.¹⁰The LORD nullifies the counsel of the nations; He makes the thoughts and plans of the people ineffective.

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
Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is Abel your brother?" And he [lied and] said, "I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?"

Genesis 27:39
Then Isaac his father answered and [prophesied and] said to him, "Your dwelling shall be away from the fertility of the earth And away from the dew of heaven above;

Genesis 27:41
So Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him; and Esau said in his heart, "The days of mourning for my father are very near; then I will kill my brother Jacob."

Judges 20:23
The sons of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until evening, and asked of the LORD, "Shall we advance again to battle against the sons of our brother Benjamin?" And the LORD said, "Go up against them."

Proverbs 16:7
When a man's ways please the LORD, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

Proverbs 30:15
The leech has two daughters, "Give, give!" There are three things that are never satisfied, Four that do not say, "It is enough":

Ecclesiastes 4:8
There was a certain man—without a dependent, having neither a child nor a brother, yet there was no end to all his labor. Indeed, his eyes were not satisfied with riches and he never asked, "For whom do I labor and deprive myself of pleasure?" This too is vanity (a wisp of smoke, self-conceit); yes, it is a painful effort and an unhappy task.

Acts 9:17
So Ananias left and entered the house, and he laid his hands on Saul and said, "Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you came [to Damascus], has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit [in order to proclaim Christ to both Jews and Gentiles]."

Acts 21:20
And when they heard it, they began glorifying and praising God; and they said to him, "You see, brother, how many thousands of believers there are among the Jews, and they are all enthusiastic supporters of the Law [of Moses].

Philemon 1:7
For I have had great joy and comfort and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints (God's people) have been refreshed through you, my 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.