He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.
Parallel translations
- WEB He has also established them forever and ever. He has made a decree which will not pass away.
- BSB He established them forever and ever; He issued a decree that will never pass away.
- NKJV He also established them forever and ever; He made a decree which shall not pass away.
- NASB He has also established them forever and ever; He has made a decree, and it will not pass away.
- NLT He set them in place forever and ever. His decree will never be revoked.
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Quick answer
God established creation forever by an unchanging decree. His sustaining order is fixed and enduring.
Overview
Having created all things, God also upholds them by a decree that will not pass away, giving the cosmos its stable order. Creation's continued existence depends on His faithful word. This same Christ through whom all things were made now holds all things together (Colossians 1:17).
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Cross-references · 9
- Jer 33:25Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;
- Jer 31:35–36Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:
- Job 38:33Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
- Ps 89:37It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
- Ps 119:90–91Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
- Job 38:10–11And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
- Ps 93:1The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.
- Isa 54:9For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
- Prov 8:27–29When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
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