Psalm 33:10 {32:10}
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The Lord bringeth to nought the counsels of nations; and he rejecteth the devices of people, and casteth away the counsels of princes.

The Lord

Psalm 2:1-4 Why have the Gentiles raged, and the people devised vain things? . . .

Psalm 9:15 I will rejoice in thy salvation: the Gentiles have stuck fast in the destruction which they prepared. Their foot hath been taken in the very snare which they hid.

Exodus 1:10-12 Come let us wisely oppress them, lest they multiply: and if any war shall rise against us, join with our enemies, and having overcome us, depart out of the land. . . .

2 Samuel 15:31,34 And it was told David that Achitophel also was in the conspiracy with Absalom, and David said: Infatuate, O Lord, I beseech thee, the counsel of Achitophel. . . .

2 Samuel 17:14,23 And Absalom, and all the men of Israel said: The counsel of Chusai the Arachite is better than the counsel of Achitophel: and by the will of the Lord the profitable counsel of Achitophel was defeated, that the Lord might bring evil upon Absalom. . . .

Job 5:12,13 Who bringeth to nought the designs of the malignant, so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had begun: . . .

Proverbs 21:30 There is no wisdom, there is no prudence, there is no counsel against the Lord.

Isaiah 7:5-7 Because Syria hath taken counsel against thee, unto the evil of Ephraim and the son of Romelia, saying: . . .

Isaiah 8:9,10 Gather yourselves together, O ye people, and be overcome, and give ear, all ye lands afar off: strengthen yourselves, and be overcome, gird yourselves, and be overcome. . . .

Isaiah 19:3,11-14 And the spirit of Egypt shall be broken in the bowels thereof, and I will cast down their counsel: and they shall consult their idols, and their diviners, and their wizards, and soothsayers. . . .

Isaiah 44:23 Give praise, O ye heavens, for the Lord hath shewn mercy: shout with joy, ye ends of the earth: ye mountains, resound with praise, thou, O forest, and every tree therein: for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and Israel shall be glorified.

bringeth [heb.

Isaiah 44:25 That make void the tokens of diviners, and make the soothsayers mad. That turn the wise backward, and that make their knowledge foolish.

he maketh

Psalm 21:11 For they have intended evils against thee: they have devised counsels which they have not been able to establish.

Psalm 140:8 Give me not up, O Lord, from my desire to the wicked: they have plotted against me; do not thou forsake me, lest they should triumph.

Context
Praise to the Creator
9For he spoke and they were made: he commanded and they were created. 10The Lord bringeth to nought the counsels of nations; and he rejecteth the devices of people, and casteth away the counsels of princes.11But the counsel of the Lord standeth for ever: the thoughts of his heart to all generations.…
Cross References
Job 5:12
Who bringeth to nought the designs of the malignant, so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had begun:

Psalm 2:1
Why have the Gentiles raged, and the people devised vain things?

Psalm 146:4
His spirit shall go forth, and he shall return into his earth: in that day all their thoughts shall perish.

Proverbs 19:21
There are many thoughts in the heart of a man: but the will of the Lord shall stand firm.

Isaiah 8:10
Take counsel together, and it shall be defeated: speak a word, and it shall not be done: because God is with us.

Isaiah 19:3
And the spirit of Egypt shall be broken in the bowels thereof, and I will cast down their counsel: and they shall consult their idols, and their diviners, and their wizards, and soothsayers.

Isaiah 44:25
That make void the tokens of diviners, and make the soothsayers mad. That turn the wise backward, and that make their knowledge foolish.

Jeremiah 19:7
And I will defeat the counsel of Juda and of Jerusalem in this place: and I will destroy them with the sword in the sight of their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and I will give their carcasses to be meat for the fowls of the air, and for the beasts of the earth.

Lexicon
The LORD
יְֽהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

frustrates
הֵפִ֥יר (hê·p̄îr)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6331: Break, bring to nothing, utterly take

the plans
עֲצַת־ (‘ă·ṣaṯ-)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6098: Advice, plan, prudence

of the nations;
גּוֹיִ֑ם (gō·w·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

He thwarts
הֵ֝נִ֗יא (hê·nî)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5106: To refuse, forbid, dissuade, neutralize

the devices
מַחְשְׁב֥וֹת (maḥ·šə·ḇō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 4284: A contrivance, a texture, machine, intention, plan

of the peoples.
עַמִּֽים׃ (‘am·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock


Additional Translations
The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.The LORD brings the counsel of the heathen to nothing: he makes the devices of the people of none effect.

Jehovah bringeth the counsel of the nations to nought; He maketh the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.

The Lord frustrates the counsels of the nations; he brings to nought also the reasonings of the peoples, and brings to nought the counsels of princes.

Jehovah frustrateth the counsel of the nations; he maketh the thoughts of the peoples of none effect.

The LORD bringeth the counsel of the nations to nought: he maketh the thoughts of the peoples to be of none effect.

The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to naught: he maketh the devices of the people of no effect.

Yahweh brings the counsel of the nations to nothing. He makes the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.

Jehovah made void the counsel of nations, He disallowed the thoughts of the peoples.
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