11 translations · Hebrew

Psalm 33:6

By Yahweh’s word, the heavens were made; all their army by the breath of his mouth.

World English Bible

Psalm 33:6 in 11 translations

WEB World English Bible
By Yahweh’s word, the heavens were made; all their army by the breath of his mouth.
KJV King James Version
By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.
ASV American Standard Version
By the word of Jehovah were the heavens made, And all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
LSV Literal Standard Version
By the word of YHWH || The heavens have been made, || And all their host by the breath of His mouth.
FBV Free Bible Version
The Lord spoke the word and the heavens were made; his mouth breathed all the stars into existence.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
By the word of Jehovah The heavens have been made, And by the breath of His mouth all their host.
DBY Darby Translation
By the word of Jehovah were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
WBT Webster’s Bible
By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
By the LORD’s word, the heavens were made: all their army by the breath of his mouth.
DRA Douay-Rheims 1899 · Psalm 32:6 in this edition
By the word of the Lord the heavens were established; and all the power of them by the spirit of his mouth:

The Hebrew words

Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.

Word Transliteration English (BSB) Strong’s
בִּדְבַ֣ר biḏ·ḇar By the word H1697 דָּבָר word
יְ֭הוָה Yah·weh of the LORD H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD
שָׁמַ֣יִם šā·ma·yim the heavens H8064 שָׁמַיִם heaven
נַעֲשׂ֑וּ na·‘ă·śū were made H6213 עָשָׂה to make: do
וּבְר֥וּחַ ū·ḇə·rū·aḥ by the breath H7307 רוּחַ spirit
פִּ֝֗יו pîw of His mouth H6310 פֶּה lip
כָּל־ kāl- and all H3605 כֹּל all
צְבָאָֽם׃ ṣə·ḇā·’ām the stars H6635 צָבָא army
  • Hebrews 11:3

    By faith, we understand that the universe has been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made out of things which are visible.

  • Job 33:4

    The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

  • 2 Peter 3:5

    For this they willfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth formed out of water and amid water, by the word of God;

  • John 1:1–3

    In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him. Without him was not anything made that has been made.

  • Genesis 2:1

    The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished.

  • Psalm 33:9

    For he spoke, and it was done. He commanded, and it stood firm.

  • Genesis 2:7

    Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

  • Genesis 1:1

    In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

  • Genesis 6:7

    Yahweh said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the surface of the ground—man, along with animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky—for I am sorry that I have made them.”

  • John 20:22

    When he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit!

Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.

In context

4 For Yahweh’s word is right. All his work is done in faithfulness.

5 He loves righteousness and justice. The earth is full of the loving kindness of Yahweh.

6 By Yahweh’s word, the heavens were made; all their army by the breath of his mouth.

7 He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap. He lays up the deeps in storehouses.

8 Let all the earth fear Yahweh. Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.

Read all of Psalm 33 in the World English Bible.

Edition and source notes

Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.

Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.

The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.

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