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King James Version

Psalms 115:3

But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Thompson Chain Reference - Almighty;   Attributes of God;   Omnipotence;   Power;   Weakness-Power;   The Topic Concordance - God;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Jews, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Authority;   God;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Hope;   Providence of God;   Will of God;   Worship;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Divine Freedom;   Life;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Dedication, Feast of the;   Hallel;   Hallelujah;   Passover and Feast of Unleavened Bread;   Predestination;   Psalms;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Hallel ;   Omnipotence;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Hosanna;   Psalms the book of;   Tabernacles feast of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Omnipotence;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Hallel;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for March 24;  

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
Our God is in the heavens, and he does as he wishes.
English Revised Version
But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he pleased.
Update Bible Version
But our God is in the heavens: He has done whatever he pleased.
New Century Version
Our God is in heaven. He does what he pleases.
New English Translation
Our God is in heaven! He does whatever he pleases!
Webster's Bible Translation
But our God [is] in the heavens: he hath done whatever he pleased.
World English Bible
But our God is in the heavens. He does whatever he pleases.
Amplified Bible
But our God is in heaven; He does whatever He pleases.
English Standard Version
Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe oure God in heuene; dide alle thingis, whiche euere he wolde.
Berean Standard Bible
Our God is in heaven and He does as He pleases.
Contemporary English Version
Our God is in the heavens, doing as he chooses.
American Standard Version
But our God is in the heavens: He hath done whatsoever he pleased.
Bible in Basic English
But our God is in heaven: he has done whatever was pleasing to him.
Complete Jewish Bible
Our God is in heaven; he does whatever pleases him.
Darby Translation
But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he pleased.
Easy-to-Read Version
Our God is in heaven, and he does whatever he wants.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
But our God is in the heavens; whatsoever pleased Him He hath done.
King James Version (1611)
But our God is in the heauens: he hath done whatsoeuer he pleased.
New Life Bible
But our God is in the heavens. He does whatever He wants to do.
New Revised Standard
Our God is in the heavens; he does whatever he pleases.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But our God is in heauen: he doeth what so euer he will.
George Lamsa Translation
But our God is in the heavens; he has done whatever he pleased.
Good News Translation
Our God is in heaven; he does whatever he wishes.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
When, our God, is in the heavens, Whatsoever he pleased, hath he done.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(113-11) But our God is in heaven: he hath done all things whatsoever he would.
Revised Standard Version
Our God is in the heavens; he does whatever he pleases.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Truely our Lorde is in heauen: he hath done whatsoeuer pleased him.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But our God has done in heaven and on earth, whatsoever he has pleased.
Christian Standard Bible®
Our God is in heavenand does whatever he pleases.
Hebrew Names Version
But our God is in the heavens. He does whatever he pleases.
Lexham English Bible
But our God is in the heavens; all that he desires, he does.
Literal Translation
But our God is in Heaven; He has done all that He has pleased.
Young's Literal Translation
And our God [is] in the heavens, All that He hath pleased He hath done.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
As for oure God, he is in heauen, he doth what soeuer it pleaseth him.
THE MESSAGE
Our God is in heaven doing whatever he wants to do. Their gods are metal and wood, handmade in a basement shop: Carved mouths that can't talk, painted eyes that can't see, Tin ears that can't hear, molded noses that can't smell, Hands that can't grasp, feet that can't walk or run, throats that never utter a sound. Those who make them have become just like them, have become just like the gods they trust.
New American Standard Bible
But our God is in the heavens; He does whatever He pleases.
New King James Version
But our God is in heaven; He does whatever He pleases.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
But our God is in the heavens; He does whatever He pleases.
Legacy Standard Bible
But our God is in the heavens;He does whatever He pleases.

Contextual Overview

1 Not unto us, O Lord , not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake. 2 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God? 3 But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased. 4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. 5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: 6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: 7 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat. 8 They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

But our: Psalms 2:4, Psalms 68:4, Psalms 123:1, 1 Chronicles 16:25, Matthew 6:9

he hath: Psalms 135:6, Isaiah 46:10, Daniel 4:35, Romans 9:19, Ephesians 1:11

Reciprocal: Genesis 17:1 - Almighty Deuteronomy 4:39 - the Lord Judges 14:4 - it was of the Lord 1 Kings 20:22 - at the return 2 Chronicles 20:6 - God in heaven 2 Chronicles 32:13 - were the gods Job 22:12 - not God Job 23:13 - and what Psalms 95:7 - For he Psalms 96:5 - For Psalms 97:9 - far Psalms 103:19 - prepared Psalms 136:26 - the God of heaven Ecclesiastes 5:2 - for Isaiah 16:12 - but Isaiah 57:15 - I dwell Jeremiah 51:19 - portion Daniel 2:28 - a God Daniel 3:17 - our God Jonah 1:14 - for Micah 1:3 - place Habakkuk 2:20 - the Lord Romans 4:21 - he was able

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But our God is in the heavens,.... His habitation is in the heavens, as the Targum; the Septuagint and Arabic versions add, "and in earth": he is in both, and fills both with his presence; and cannot be contained in either. He is the Maker and Possessor of heaven and earth; the one is his throne, and the other is his footstool: he dwells in the highest heaven, and overlooks all persons and things on earth, and overrules all; he is higher than the highest, and his kingdom ruleth over all.

He hath done whatsoever he pleased; in creation, in providence, and in grace: he hath made what creatures he pleased, and for his pleasure; and he does according to his will, and after the counsel of it, in heaven and in earth; and is gracious to whom he will be gracious; saves and calls men, not according to their works, but according to his own purpose and will; whose counsel shall stand, and he will do all his pleasure; he is the most high God, and a sovereign Being; all that he wills are possible to him, and easily done by him, and which Heathens themselves own x.

x θεοι δε τε παντα δυναται, Homer. Odyss. 10. v. 306. "Facile est omnia posse Deo", Ovid. de Arte Amandi, l. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But our God is in the heavens - The Septuagint adds, “and in the earth.” This is not, however, in the Hebrew. The idea is, Our God really exists. He is the true God. He reigns in heaven. His plans are such as are and should be formed in heaven: lofty, vast, incomprehensible. But he is still our God; our Ruler; our Protector. He is not a god of earth - whose origin is earth - who dwells on earth alone - like the idols of the pagan; but the whole vast universe is under his control.

He hath done whatsoever he hath pleased - And, therefore, what has been done is right, and we should be submissive to it. He is a sovereign God; and mysterious as are his doings, and much as there seems to be occasion to ask the question “Where is now your God?” yet we are to feel that what has occurred has been in accordance with his eternal plans, and is to be submitted to as a part of his arrangements. It is, in fact, always a sufficient answer to the objections which are made to the government of God, as if he had forsaken his people in bringing affliction on them, and leaving them, apparently without interposition, to poverty, to persecution, and to tears, that he is “in the heavens;” that he rules there and everywhere; that he has his own eternal purposes; and that all things are ordered in accordance with his will. There must, therefore, be some good reason why events occur as they actually do.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 115:3. He hath done whatsover he hath pleased. — There was too much cause for his abandoning us to our enemies; yet he still lives and rules in heaven and in earth.


 
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