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Selected Verse: Psalms 33:9 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Ps 33:9 |
Strong Concordance |
For he spake [0559], and it was done; he commanded [06680], and it stood fast [05975]. |
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King James |
For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
he spake--literally, "said."
it was--The addition of "done" weakens the sense (compare Gen 1:3-10). |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
For he spake, and it was done - The word "done," introduced here by our translators, enfeebles the sentence. It would be made more expressive and sublime as it is in the original: "He spake, and it was." That is, Its existence depended on his word; the universe sprang into being at his command; he had only to speak, and it arose in all its grandeur where before there was nothing. There is here an undoubted allusion to the account in Genesis of the work of creation - where the statement is that all depended on the command or the word of God: Gen 1:3, Gen 1:6,Gen 1:9, Gen 1:11, Gen 1:14, Gen 1:20, Gen 1:24, Gen 1:26. Nothing more sublime can be conceived than the language thus employed in the Scriptures in describing that work. No more elevated conception can enter the human mind than that which is implied when it is said, God "spoke" and all this vast and wonderful universe rose into being.
He commanded - He gave order; he required the universe to appear.
And it stood fast - Or rather, "stood." That is, it stood forth; it appeared; it rose into being. The idea of its "standing fast" is not in the original, and greatly enfeebles the expression. |
3 And God [0430] said [0559], Let there be [01961] light [0216]: and there was light [0216].
4 And God [0430] saw [07200] [0853] the light [0216], that [03588] it was good [02896]: and God [0430] divided [0914] [0996] the light [0216] from [0996] the darkness [02822].
5 And God [0430] called [07121] the light [0216] Day [03117], and the darkness [02822] he called [07121] Night [03915]. And the evening [06153] and the morning [01242] were the first [0259] day [03117].
6 And God [0430] said [0559], Let there be a firmament [07549] in the midst [08432] of the waters [04325], and let it divide [0914] the waters [04325] from the waters [04325].
7 And God [0430] made [06213] the firmament [07549], and divided [0914] the waters [04325] which [0834] were under [08478] the firmament [07549] from the waters [04325] which [0834] were above [05921] the firmament [07549]: and it was so [03651].
8 And God [0430] called [07121] the firmament [07549] Heaven [08064]. And the evening [06153] and the morning [01242] were the second [08145] day [03117].
9 And God [0430] said [0559], Let the waters [04325] under the heaven [08064] be gathered together [06960] unto [0413] one [0259] place [04725], and let the dry [03004] land appear [07200]: and it was so.
10 And God [0430] called [07121] the dry [03004] land Earth [0776]; and the gathering together [04723] of the waters [04325] called [07121] he Seas [03220]: and God [0430] saw [07200] that it was good [02896].
26 And God [0430] said [0559], Let us make [06213] man [0120] in our image [06754], after our likeness [01823]: and let them have dominion [07287] over the fish [01710] of the sea [03220], and over the fowl [05775] of the air [08064], and over the cattle [0929], and over all the earth [0776], and over every creeping thing [07431] that creepeth [07430] upon the earth [0776].
24 And God [0430] said [0559], Let the earth [0776] bring forth [03318] the living [02416] creature [05315] after his kind [04327], cattle [0929], and creeping thing [07431], and beast [02416] of the earth [0776] after his kind [04327]: and it was so.
20 And God [0430] said [0559], Let the waters [04325] bring forth abundantly [08317] the moving creature [08318] that hath [05315] life [02416], and fowl [05775] that may fly [05774] above [05921] the earth [0776] in the open [06440] firmament [07549] of heaven [08064].
14 And God [0430] said [0559], Let there be lights [03974] in the firmament [07549] of the heaven [08064] to divide [0914] the day [03117] from the night [03915]; and let them be for signs [0226], and for seasons [04150], and for days [03117], and years [08141]:
11 And God [0430] said [0559], Let the earth [0776] bring forth [01876] grass [01877], the herb [06212] yielding [02232] seed [02233], and the fruit [06529] tree [06086] yielding [06213] fruit [06529] after his kind [04327], whose [0834] seed [02233] is in itself, upon the earth [0776]: and it was so.
9 And God [0430] said [0559], Let the waters [04325] under the heaven [08064] be gathered together [06960] unto [0413] one [0259] place [04725], and let the dry [03004] land appear [07200]: and it was so.
6 And God [0430] said [0559], Let there be a firmament [07549] in the midst [08432] of the waters [04325], and let it divide [0914] the waters [04325] from the waters [04325].
3 And God [0430] said [0559], Let there be [01961] light [0216]: and there was light [0216].