Psalms 33:11

What does Psalms 33:11 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 33:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

The counsel of Jehovah standeth fast for ever, The thoughts of his heart to all generations.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

The counsel of Jehovah standeth fast for ever, The thoughts of his heart to all generations.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

The Lord's purpose is eternal, the designs of his heart go on through all the generations of man.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

The counsel of Jehovah to the age standeth, The thoughts of His heart to all generations.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

The rich have wanted, and have suffered hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not be deprived of any good.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

The counsel of Jehovah standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart from generation to generation.

Context

v.10Jehovah bringeth the counsel of the nations to nought; He maketh the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.

v.11This passage

v.12Blessed is the nation whose God is Jehovah, The people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 23:13

    But he is in onemind, and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

  • Lamentations 3:37

    Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?

  • Acts 4:27

    for of a truth in this city against thy holy Servant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, were gathered together,

  • Ephesians 1:11

    in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will;

  • Micah 4:12

    But they know not the thoughts of Jehovah, neither understand they his counsel; for he hath gathered them as the sheaves to the threshing-floor.

  • Ezekiel 38:10

    Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: It shall come to pass in that day, that things shall come into thy mind, and thou shalt devise an evil device:

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