He has also established them forever and ever. He has made a decree which will not pass away.
Parallel translations
- KJV He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.
- 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).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Jer 33:25Yahweh says: “If my covenant of day and night fails, if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;
- Jer 31:35–36Yahweh, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirs up the sea, so that its waves roar; Yahweh of Armies is his name, says:
- Job 38:33Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you establish its dominion over the earth?
- Ps 89:37It will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky.” Selah.
- Ps 119:90–91Your faithfulness is to all generations. You have established the earth, and it remains.
- Job 38:10–11marked out for it my bound, set bars and doors,
- Ps 93:1Yahweh reigns! He is clothed with majesty! Yahweh is armed with strength. The world also is established. It can’t be moved.
- Isa 54:9“For this is like the waters of Noah to me; for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah will no more go over the earth, so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you, nor rebuke you.
- Prov 8:27–29When he established the heavens, I was there; when he set a circle on the surface of the deep,
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