Psalm 33:6 {32:6}
Good News Translation
The LORD created the heavens by his command, the sun, moon, and stars by his spoken word.

New Revised Standard Version
By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all their host by the breath of his mouth.

Contemporary English Version
The LORD made the heavens and everything in them by his word.

New American Bible
By the LORD’s word the heavens were made; by the breath of his mouth all their host.

Douay-Rheims Bible
By the word of the Lord the heavens were established; and all the power of them by the spirit of his mouth:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

By the word of the Lord the heavens were established; and all the power of them by the spirit of his mouth:

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Psalm 33:9 For he spoke and they were made: he commanded and they were created.

Psalm 148:1-5 Praise ye the Lord from the heavens: praise ye him in the high places. . . .

Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created heaven, and earth.

Genesis 6:7 He said: I will destroy man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth, from man even to beasts, from the creeping thing even to the fowls of the air, for it repenteth me that I have made them.

John 1:1-3 In the beginning was the Word: and the Word was with God: and the Word was God. . . .

Hebrews 11:3 By faith we understand that the world was framed by the word of God: that from invisible things visible things might be made.

2 Peter 3:5 For this they are wilfully ignorant of: That the heavens were before, and the earth out of water and through water, consisting by the word of God:

the host

Psalm 148:2,3 Praise ye him, all his angels, praise ye him, all his hosts. . . .

Genesis 2:1 So the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the furniture of them.

Deuteronomy 4:19 Lest perhaps lifting up thy eyes to heaven, thou see the sun and the moon, and all the stars of heaven, and being deceived by error thou adore and serve them, which the Lord thy God created for the service of all the nations, that are under heaven.

Jeremiah 8:2 And they shall spread them abroad to the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom have walked, and whom they have sought, and adored: they shall not be gathered, and they shall not be buried: they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth.

Romans 1:25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

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Psalm 104:30 Thou shalt send forth thy spirit, and they shall be created: and thou shalt renew the face of the earth.

Genesis 2:7 And the Lord God formed man of the slime of the earth: and breathed into his face the breath of life, and man became a living soul.

Job 26:13 His spirit hath adorned the heavens, and his obstetric hand brought forth the winding serpent.

Job 33:4 The spirit of God made me, and the breath of the Almighty gave me life.

John 20:22 When he had said this, he breathed on them; and he said to them: Receive ye the Holy Ghost.

Context
Praise to the Creator
5He loveth mercy and judgment; the earth is full of the mercy of the Lord. 6By the word of the Lord the heavens were established; and all the power of them by the spirit of his mouth:7Gathering together the waters of the sea, as in a vessel; laying up the depths in storehouses.…
Cross References
Hebrews 11:3
By faith we understand that the world was framed by the word of God: that from invisible things visible things might be made.

Genesis 1:3
And God said: Be light made. And light was made.

Genesis 1:6
And God said: Let there be a firmament made amidst the waters: and let it divide the waters from the waters.

Genesis 2:1
So the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the furniture of them.

2 Chronicles 2:12
And he added, saying: Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who hath given to king David a wise and knowing son, endued with understanding and prudence, to build a house to the Lord, and a palace for himself.

Psalm 104:30
Thou shalt send forth thy spirit, and they shall be created: and thou shalt renew the face of the earth.

Psalm 148:5
Praise the name of the Lord. For he spoke, and they were made: he commanded, and they were created.

Psalm 33:5
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