KJV King James Version
The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
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Psalm 33:11
The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the purposes of His heart to all generations.
WEB World English Bible
The counsel of Yahweh stands fast forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
ASV American Standard Version
The counsel of Jehovah standeth fast for ever, The thoughts of his heart to all generations.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
The counsel of Jehovah to the age standeth, The thoughts of His heart to all generations.
Surrounding context — Psalm 33
8 Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
9 For he spake, and it was [done]; he commanded, and it stood fast.
10 The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
11 The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
12 Blessed [is] the nation whose God [is] the LORD; [and] the people [whom] he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
13 The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.
14 From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
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Proverbs 19:21[There are] many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.Isaiah 46:10Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times [the things] that are not [yet] done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:Job 23:13But he [is] in one [mind], and who can turn him? and [what] his soul desireth, even [that] he doeth.Jeremiah 29:11For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.Lamentations 3:37Who [is] he [that] saith, and it cometh to pass, [when] the Lord commandeth [it] not?Isaiah 55:8-9For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD.Isaiah 14:24The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, [so] shall it stand:Ephesians 1:11In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:Isaiah 14:27For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul [it]? and his hand [is] stretched out, and who shall turn it back?Daniel 4:37Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works [are] truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.Psalm 92:5O LORD, how great are thy works! [and] thy thoughts are very deep.Micah 4:12But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.Acts 4:27-28For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,Acts 15:18Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.Ezekiel 38:10-23Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, [that] at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
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