King James Version

Psalms 33:10

The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.

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יְֽהוָ֗הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).הֵפִ֥ירhefirbreakפּוּרverb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “break”, a completed actionH6331to crushbreak, bring to nought, [idiom] utterly take.עֲצַתatsatadviceעֵצָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “advice”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6098advice; by implication, plan; also prudenceadvice, advisement, counsel(l-(or)), purpose.גּוֹיִ֑םgoyimGentileגּוֹיnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “Gentile”, the ordinary formH1471a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locustsGentile, heathen, nation, people.הֵ֝נִ֗יאhenibreakנוּאverb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “break”, a completed actionH5106to refuse, forbid, dissuade, or neutralizebreak, disallow, discourage, make of none effect.מַחְשְׁב֥וֹתmachshevotcunningמַחֲשָׁבָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “cunning”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4284a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)cunning (work), curious work, device(-sed), imagination, invented, means, purpose, thought.עַמִּֽיםamimpeopleעַםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “people”, the ordinary formH5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flockfolk, men, nation, people.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

Fear the Lord, all ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Κύριος διασκεδάζει βουλὰς ἐθνῶν, ἀθετεῖ δὲ λογισμοὺς λαῶν, καὶ ἀθετεῖ βουλὰς ἀρχόντων.