Lectionary Calendar
Sunday, November 24th, 2024
the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
Attention!
For 10¢ a day you can enjoy StudyLight.org ads
free while helping to build churches and support pastors in Uganda.
Click here to learn more!

Read the Bible

New Living Translation

Psalms 33:15

He made their hearts, so he understands everything they do.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Psalms, the Book of;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Worship;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Humility;   Easton 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 - Fashion;   Foreknow;   Omniscience;   Psychology;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Articles of Faith;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for March 22;  

Parallel Translations

English Revised Version
He that fashioneth the hearts of them all, that considereth all their works.
Update Bible Version
He that fashions the hearts of them all, That considers all their works.
New Century Version
He made their hearts and understands everything they do.
New English Translation
He is the one who forms every human heart, and takes note of all their actions.
Webster's Bible Translation
He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.
World English Bible
He who fashions all of their hearts. He considers all of their works.
Amplified Bible
He who fashions the hearts of them all, Who considers and understands all that they do.
English Standard Version
he who fashions the hearts of them all and observes all their deeds.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Which made syngulerli the soules of hem; which vndurstondith all the werkis of hem.
Berean Standard Bible
He shapes the hearts of each; He considers all their works.
Contemporary English Version
The Lord gave us each a mind, and nothing we do can be hidden from him.
American Standard Version
He that fashioneth the hearts of them all, That considereth all their works.
Bible in Basic English
He makes all their hearts; their works are clear to him.
Complete Jewish Bible
he who fashioned the hearts of them all and understands all they do.
Darby Translation
He who fashioneth the hearts of them all, who considereth all their works.
Easy-to-Read Version
He created every person's mind, and he knows what each one is doing.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
He that fashioneth the hearts of them all, that considereth all their doings.
King James Version (1611)
He fashioneth their hearts alike: he considereth all their workes.
New Life Bible
He made the hearts of them all. And He understands whatever they do.
New Revised Standard
he who fashions the hearts of them all, and observes all their deeds.
Geneva Bible (1587)
He facioneth their hearts euery one, and vnderstandeth all their workes.
George Lamsa Translation
He fashions their hearts alike; he considers all their works.
Good News Translation
He forms all their thoughts and knows everything they do.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Who fashioneth their heart all together, Who understandeth all their doings.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(32-15) He who hath made the hearts of every one of them: who understandeth all their works.
Revised Standard Version
he who fashions the hearts of them all, and observes all their deeds.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
He fashioneth their heartes together: he vnderstandeth al their workes.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
who fashioned their hearts alone; who understands all their works.
Christian Standard Bible®
He forms the hearts of them all;he considers all their works.
Hebrew Names Version
He who fashions all of their hearts. He considers all of their works.
King James Version
He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.
Lexham English Bible
he who fashions altogether their heart, he who understands all their works.
Literal Translation
He forms the heart; He understands all their works.
Young's Literal Translation
Who is forming their hearts together, Who is attending unto all their works.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He only hath fashioned all the hertes of them, & knoweth all their workes.
New American Standard Bible
He who fashions the hearts of them all, He who understands all their works.
New King James Version
He fashions their hearts individually; He considers all their works.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He who fashions the hearts of them all, He who understands all their works.
Legacy Standard Bible
He who forms the hearts of them all,He who understands all their works.

Contextual Overview

12 What joy for the nation whose God is the Lord , whose people he has chosen as his inheritance. 13 The Lord looks down from heaven and sees the whole human race. 14 From his throne he observes all who live on the earth. 15 He made their hearts, so he understands everything they do. 16 The best-equipped army cannot save a king, nor is great strength enough to save a warrior. 17 Don't count on your warhorse to give you victory— for all its strength, it cannot save you. 18 But the Lord watches over those who fear him, those who rely on his unfailing love. 19 He rescues them from death and keeps them alive in times of famine. 20 We put our hope in the Lord . He is our help and our shield. 21 In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

fashioneth: Proverbs 22:2, Proverbs 27:19, Ecclesiastes 7:29, Isaiah 64:8, Acts 17:26

considereth: Psalms 44:21, Job 11:11, Job 34:21, Job 34:22, Proverbs 24:12, Jeremiah 32:19, Hosea 7:2, 1 Corinthians 4:5

Reciprocal: Job 34:25 - he knoweth Luke 11:40 - did

Cross-References

Genesis 34:11
Then Shechem himself spoke to Dinah's father and brothers. "Please be kind to me, and let me marry her," he begged. "I will give you whatever you ask.
Genesis 47:25
"You have saved our lives!" they exclaimed. "May it please you, my lord, to let us be Pharaoh's servants."
Ruth 2:13
"I hope I continue to please you, sir," she replied. "You have comforted me by speaking so kindly to me, even though I am not one of your workers."
1 Samuel 25:8
Ask your own men, and they will tell you this is true. So would you be kind to us, since we have come at a time of celebration? Please share any provisions you might have on hand with us and with your friend David."
2 Samuel 16:4
"In that case," the king told Ziba, "I give you everything Mephibosheth owns." "I bow before you," Ziba replied. "May I always be pleasing to you, my lord the king."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He fashioneth their hearts alike,.... The Lord is the former and fashioner of the heart, spirit, or soul of man, even of all hearts and spirits; whence he is called the Father of spirits, Hebrews 12:9; see

Zechariah 12:1; and he is the former of them alike; which seems to intimate as if all seals were alike, as they are made by the Lord; and it may be the difference there appears to be between them afterwards, nay be owing to the make and constitution of their bodies, to their education, and different situation, circumstances, and advantages in life, whereby the hearts of some may be more opened and enlarged than others. Some render it "together", or "altogether" g; which must not be understood of time, as if they were all made at once, but of equality; the one was made by him as well as the other; he is the fashioner of one and all of them, every whit of them; they are wholly fashioned by him, and all that is in them, all the powers and faculties of the soul; and by him only, and not by the instrumentality of another; for souls are created, not generated; they are produced out of nothing, and not out of pre-existent matter, as bodies; parents contribute somewhat to the bodies of their children, but not anything to their souls. God only "is the God of the spirits of all flesh", Numbers 16:22; some translate the word "singly" h; one by one, one after another in the several ages of time; for he continues to fashion them, and is always doing it; see

Zechariah 12:1. And he forms the hearts of his own people anew for himself, for his own glory; he forms Christ in them, and every grace of his Spirit; he forms them into one, and knits and unites them together in love, and makes them like to one another; for as face answers to face in water, so do the hearts and experiences of the saints one to another, Proverbs 27:19; all which he does wholly and alone; and since he fashions the hearts of all men in every sense, he must know them, which is the design of this expression; he knows the hearts of wicked men, and all the wickedness that is in them; he knows the hearts of good men, the worst that is in them, and also the best, which he himself has put there;

he considereth all their works; the works of evil men, not only their more open ones, but their more secret ones, and will bring them into judgment; and the works of good men, even their good works, which he will remember and reward in a way of grace.

g יחד "simul", Musculus, Gejerus; so Ainsworth. h καταμονας Sept. "sigillatim", V. L.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He fashioneth their hearts alike - That is, one as well as another; or, one as really as another. No one is exempt from his control, or from all that is implied in the word “fashioneth.” The meaning is not that their hearts are made to “resemble” each other, or to be “like” each other, whether in goodness or in wickedness - but that all alike “are” made by him. The idea in the word “fashioneth” here is not that of “creating,” in the sense that He “makes” the heart by his own power what it is, whether good or bad; but that, as he has “formed” the hearts of all people, he must see what is in the heart, or must behold all the purposes and thoughts of people. The Maker of the human heart must understand what is in it; and, therefore, He must have a clear understanding of the purposes and designs of human beings. This idea is carried out in the latter member of the sentence, “he considereth all their works,” and is substantially the same as in the expression Psalms 94:9, “He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see?”

He considereth all their works - He understands all that they do; he marks, or attends to, all that is done by them. The purpose here is to state the universal sovereignty of God. He made all things; He presides over all things; He sees all things; He is the source of safety and protection to all.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 33:15. He fashioneth their hearts alikeHe forms their hearts in unity; he has formed them alike; they are all the works of his hands: and he has formed them with the same powers, faculties, passions, c. body and spirit having the same essential properties in every human being.


 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile