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Psalms 33:13

From high in the skies God looks around, he sees all Adam's brood. From where he sits he overlooks all us earth-dwellers. He has shaped each person in turn; now he watches everything we do.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - God Continued...;   Heaven;   Man;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Psalms, the Book of;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Worship;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Humility;   Fausset 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 - Father's House;   Foreknow;   Omnipresence;   Omniscience;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Deism;   God;   Heaven;   Parallelism in Hebrew Poetry;   Providence;   Son of Man;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for March 22;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord looks down from heaven;he observes everyone.
Hebrew Names Version
The LORD looks from heaven. He sees all the sons of men.
King James Version
The Lord looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.
English Standard Version
The Lord looks down from heaven; he sees all the children of man;
New Century Version
The Lord looks down from heaven and sees every person.
New English Translation
The Lord watches from heaven; he sees all people.
Amplified Bible
The LORD looks [down] from heaven; He sees all the sons of man;
New American Standard Bible
The LORD looks from heaven; He sees all the sons of mankind;
World English Bible
Yahweh looks from heaven. He sees all the sons of men.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The Lorde looketh downe from heauen, and beholdeth all the children of men.
Legacy Standard Bible
Yahweh looks from heaven;He sees all the sons of men;
Berean Standard Bible
The LORD looks down from heaven; He sees all the sons of men.
Contemporary English Version
The Lord looks at the world
Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai looks out from heaven; he sees every human being;
Darby Translation
Jehovah looketh from the heavens; he beholdeth all the sons of men:
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord looked down from heaven and saw all the people.
George Lamsa Translation
The LORD looks from heaven; he beholds all the sons of men.
Good News Translation
The Lord looks down from heaven and sees all of us humans.
Lexham English Bible
From heaven Yahweh looks; he sees all the children of humankind.
Literal Translation
Jehovah looks down from Heaven; He sees all the sons of mankind.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The LORDE loketh downe from heauen, & beholdeth all the children of men:
American Standard Version
Jehovah looketh from heaven; He beholdeth all the sons of men;
Bible in Basic English
The Lord is looking down from heaven; he sees all the sons of men;
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The LORD looketh from heaven; He beholdeth all the sons of men;
King James Version (1611)
The Lord looketh from heauen: he beholdeth all the sonnes of men.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
God looketh downe from heauen, and beholdeth all the chyldren of men
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The Lord looks out of heaven; he beholds all the sons of men.
English Revised Version
The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The Lord bihelde fro heuene; he siy alle the sones of men.
Update Bible Version
Yahweh looks from heaven; He beholds all the sons of man;
Webster's Bible Translation
The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.
New King James Version
The LORD looks from heaven; He sees all the sons of men.
New Living Translation
The Lord looks down from heaven and sees the whole human race.
New Life Bible
The Lord looks from heaven. He sees all the sons of men.
New Revised Standard
The Lord looks down from heaven; he sees all humankind.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Out of the heavens, hath Yahweh looked, He hath seen all the sons of men:
Douay-Rheims Bible
(32-13) The Lord hath looked from heaven: he hath beheld all the sons of men.
Revised Standard Version
The LORD looks down from heaven, he sees all the sons of men;
Young's Literal Translation
From the heavens hath Jehovah looked, He hath seen all the sons of men.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The Lord looks from heaven; He sees all the sons of men;

Contextual Overview

13From high in the skies God looks around, he sees all Adam's brood. From where he sits he overlooks all us earth-dwellers. He has shaped each person in turn; now he watches everything we do. 16No king succeeds with a big army alone, no warrior wins by brute strength. Horsepower is not the answer; no one gets by on muscle alone. 18Watch this: God's eye is on those who respect him, the ones who are looking for his love. He's ready to come to their rescue in bad times; in lean times he keeps body and soul together. 20We're depending on God ; he's everything we need. What's more, our hearts brim with joy since we've taken for our own his holy name. Love us, God , with all you've got— that's what we're depending on.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

looketh: Psalms 11:4, Psalms 14:2, Psalms 102:19, Genesis 6:12, 2 Chronicles 16:9, Job 28:24, Proverbs 15:3, Lamentations 3:50

beholdeth: Psalms 53:2, Jeremiah 23:23, Jeremiah 23:24, Hebrews 4:13

Reciprocal: Genesis 11:5 - General 1 Kings 8:30 - and hear 2 Chronicles 6:29 - what prayer Psalms 66:7 - his eyes Psalms 80:14 - look down Jeremiah 32:19 - for

Cross-References

Genesis 33:15
Esau said, "Let me at least lend you some of my men." "There's no need," said Jacob. "Your generous welcome is all I need or want."
Genesis 33:16
So Esau set out that day and made his way back to Seir.
Genesis 33:17
And Jacob left for Succoth. He built a shelter for himself and sheds for his livestock. That's how the place came to be called Succoth (Sheds).
1 Chronicles 22:5
David was thinking, "My son Solomon is too young to plan ahead for this. But the sanctuary that is to be built for God has to be the greatest, the talk of all the nations; so I'll get the construction materials together." That's why David prepared this huge stockpile of building materials before he died. Then he called in Solomon his son and commanded him to build a sanctuary for the God of Israel.
Proverbs 12:10
Good people are good to their animals; the "good-hearted" bad people kick and abuse them.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The Lord looketh from heaven,.... Where his throne and temple are, upon the earth and men, and things in it, as follows;

he beholdeth all the sons of men; the evil and the good; which is contrary to the sense of many wicked men, who imagine he takes no notice of what is done here below; but his eye is upon all, upon all the workers of iniquity, how secret soever they may be; and not only his eye of Providence is upon good men, but his eye of love, grace, and mercy; and he has a special and distinct knowledge of them: agreeably to this are some expressions of Heathen writers; says one e,

"the eye of God sees all things;''

says another f,

"there is a great God in heaven who sees all things, and governs.''

e παντα ιδων διος οφθαλμος, &c. Hesiod. Opera & Dies, l. 1. v. 263. f εστι μεγας εν ουρανω, &c. Sophoclis Electra, v. 174, 175.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Lord looketh from heaven - heaven is represented as his abode or dwelling; and from that place he is represented as looking down upon all the nations of the earth. The meaning here is, that he sees all that dwell upon the earth, and that, therefore, all that worship him are under his eye. He knows their wants, and he will watch over them to protect them. It is not merely to the abstract truth that God sees all who dwell upon the earth that the psalmist means to refer; but that those who are his friends, or who worship him, are all under his eye, so as to enjoy his watchful care and attention.

He beholdeth all the sons of men - All the descendants of “Adam,” for this is the original. There is no improbability in supposing that the word “Adam” here (usually meaning “man”) is employed as a proper name to denote the great ancestor of the human race, and that the psalmist means to refer to the race as one great family descended from a common ancestor, though scattered abroad over the face of the world.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 33:13. The Lord looketh from heaven — This and the following verse seem to refer to God's providence. He sees all that is done in the earth, and his eye is on all the children of men.


 
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