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New King James Version

Psalms 148:6

He also established them forever and ever; He made a decree which shall not pass away.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - God;   Heaven;   Praise;   The Topic Concordance - Creation;   Praise;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Stars, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Decrees;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Council, Heavenly;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Decree;   Haggai;   Hallel;   Hallelujah;   Psalms;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - New Jerusalem;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Daniel, Book of;   Haggai;   Praise;   Song of the Three Children;   Wisdom;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Aristai;   Judaism;   Theology;  

Parallel Translations

English Standard Version
And he established them forever and ever; he gave a decree, and it shall not pass away.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he hath established them for euer and euer: he hath made an ordinance, which shall not passe.
Christian Standard Bible®
He set them in position forever and ever;he gave an order that will never pass away.
Hebrew Names Version
He has also established them forever and ever. He has made a decree which will not pass away.
Easy-to-Read Version
He made all these continue forever. He made the laws that will never end.
Amplified Bible
He has also established them forever and ever; He has made a decree which shall not pass away.
American Standard Version
He hath also established them for ever and ever: He hath made a decree which shall not pass away.
Contemporary English Version
He made them to last forever, and nothing can change what he has done.
Complete Jewish Bible
He established them forever and ever; he has given a law to which they must conform.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
He hath also established them for ever and ever; He hath made a decree which shall not be transgressed.
King James Version (1611)
Hee hath also stablished them for euer and euer: he hath made a decree which shall not passe.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
He has established them for ever, even for ever and ever: he has made an ordinance, and it shall not pass away.
English Revised Version
He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass away.
Berean Standard Bible
He established them forever and ever; He issued a decree that will never pass away.
Lexham English Bible
And he put them in place forever and ever, by a decree he gave that will not pass away.
Literal Translation
And He established them forever and ever; He gave a decree that they not pass away.
New Century Version
He put them in place forever and ever; he made a law that will never change.
New English Translation
He established them so they would endure; he issued a decree that will not be revoked.
New Living Translation
He set them in place forever and ever. His decree will never be revoked.
New Life Bible
He has made them last forever and ever. He has set a Law which will not pass away.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So caused he them to stand perpetually - age-abidingly, A decree, hath he given, and it passeth not beyond.
Douay-Rheims Bible
He hath established them for ever, and for ages of ages: he hath made a decree, and it shall not pass away.
George Lamsa Translation
He has also established them for ever and ever; he has made a decree which shall not pass.
Good News Translation
by his command they were fixed in their places forever, and they cannot disobey.
New American Standard Bible
He has also established them forever and ever; He has made a decree, and it will not pass away.
King James Version
He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
He hath set them sure for euer and euer: he hath geuen them a lawe which shall not be broken.
New Revised Standard
He established them forever and ever; he fixed their bounds, which cannot be passed.
Darby Translation
And he established them for ever and ever; he made [for them] a statute which shall not pass.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For he seide, and thingis weren maad; he comaundide, and thingis weren maad of nouyt. He ordeynede tho thingis in to the world, and in to the world of world; he settide a comaundement, and it schal not passe.
Young's Literal Translation
And He establisheth them for ever to the age, A statute He gave, and they pass not over.
World English Bible
He has also established them forever and ever. He has made a decree which will not pass away.
Revised Standard Version
And he established them for ever and ever; he fixed their bounds which cannot be passed.
Update Bible Version
He has also established them forever and ever: He has made a decree which shall not pass away.
Webster's Bible Translation
He hath also established them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.
Bible in Basic English
He has put them in their places for ever; he has given them their limits which may not be broken.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He hath made the fast for euer and euer, he hath geue them a lawe which shal not be broke.
THE MESSAGE
He set them in place from all time to eternity; He gave his orders, and that's it!
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He has also established them forever and ever; He has made a decree which will not pass away.
Legacy Standard Bible
He caused them to stand forever and ever;He gave a statute and it will never pass away.

Contextual Overview

1 Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD from the heavens; Praise Him in the heights! 2 Praise Him, all His angels; Praise Him, all His hosts! 3 Praise Him, sun and moon; Praise Him, all you stars of light! 4 Praise Him, you heavens of heavens, And you waters above the heavens! 5 Let them praise the name of the LORD, For He commanded and they were created. 6 He also established them forever and ever; He made a decree which shall not pass away.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

He hath also: Psalms 89:37, Psalms 93:1, Psalms 119:90, Psalms 119:91, Job 38:10, Job 38:11, Job 38:33, Proverbs 8:27-29, Isaiah 54:9, Jeremiah 31:35, Jeremiah 31:36, Jeremiah 33:25

Reciprocal: Genesis 1:14 - Let there 1 Chronicles 16:30 - stable Ezra 7:13 - I make Psalms 2:7 - the decree Psalms 33:9 - For Psalms 146:6 - made heaven Daniel 4:24 - the decree

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He hath also stablished them for ever and ever,.... The angels are made immortal, and shall never die; and they are confirmed in their state of happiness by Christ, and shall always continue in it; the hosts of heaven being created by him, consist in him, and will remain as long as the world does; hence the duration and never-failing state of other things, even of good men and their felicity, are expressed by them; see Psalms 72:5;

he hath made a decree which shall not pass; concerning those creatures and their duration, which shall never pass away, or be frustrated or made void; but shall always continue and have its sure and certain effect; see Jeremiah 31:35; and is true of every decree of God, which is eternal and not frustrable, and is always fulfilled,

Isaiah 14:27.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He hath also stablished them forever and ever - He has made them firm, stable, enduring. That they may be eternal is possible; that they will not be, no one can prove. Matter, when created, has no necessary tendency to decay or annihilation; and the universe - the stars, and suns, and systems - which have endured so many million of ages may continue to exist any number of million of ages to come. Of course, however, all this is dependent on the will of God. On the meaning of this passage, compare Psalms 119:90, note; Psalms 72:5, note; Psalms 89:2, note; Psalms 89:36-37, note. See also 2 Peter 3:7, note; 2 Peter 3:10, note; 2 Peter 3:13, note.

He hath made a decree which shall not pass - He has given a law or statute which they cannot pass. The word rendered decree here seems to be used in the sense of limit or bound; and the idea is, that he has bound them by a fixed law; he has established laws which they are compelled to observe. The fact is, in regard to them, that he has established great laws - as the law of gravitation - by which they are held from flying off; he has marked out orbits in which they move; he has so bound them that they perform their revolutions with unerring accuracy in the very path which he has prescribed. So accurate are their movements that they can be predicted with exact precision; and so uniform, that any succession of ages does not vary or affect them.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 148:6. He hath also stablished them — He has determined their respective revolutions, and the times in which they are performed, so exactly to show his all-comprehensive wisdom and skill, that they have never passed the line marked out by his decree, nor intercepted each other in the vortex of space, through revolutions continued for nearly 6000 years.


 
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