Verse 22

It is he that sitteth vpon the circle of the world, whose inhabiters are in comparison of him but as grashoppers: he spreadeth out the heauens as a couering, he stretcheth them out as a tent to dwell in.

Referenced Verses

  • Num 13:33 : 33 And there we sawe also giauntes the chyldren of Anac whiche come of the giauntes: And we seemed in our sight as it were grashoppers, and so we dyd in their sight.
  • Ps 104:2 : 2 Who is decked with light as it were with a garment: spreadyng out the heauens like a curtayne.
  • Job 9:8 : 8 He hym selfe alone spreadeth out the heauens, and goeth vpon the waues of the sea.
  • Isa 42:5 : 5 For thus saith God the Lorde vnto hym, euen he that made the heauens and spread them abroade, and set foorth the earth with her increase, whiche geueth breath vnto the people that is in it, and spirite to them that dwell therein,
  • Isa 44:24 : 24 Thus saith the Lorde thy redeemer, euen he that fassioned thee from thy mothers wombe: I the Lorde do all thinges my selfe alone, I only spreade out the heauens, and I only haue laide abrode the earth by my owne selfe.
  • Isa 51:13 : 13 And forgettest the Lorde that made thee, that spread out the heauens, and layde the foundation of the earth: but thou art euer afrayde for the syght of thyne oppressour, which is redy to do harme: where is the wrath of the oppressour?
  • Isa 66:1 : 1 Thus saith the Lorde: Heauen is my seate, and the earth is my footstoole: Where shall nowe the house stande that ye wyll builde vnto me? And where shalbe the place that I wyll dwell in?
  • Jer 10:12 : 12 But as for our God he made the earth with his power, and with his wisdome doth he order the whole compasse of the worlde, with his discretion hath he spread out the heauens.
  • Isa 40:15 : 15 Beholde, all people are in comparison of hym as a droppe of a bucket full, and are counted as the least thyng that the ballaunce wayeth: yea and the Isles he taketh vp as a very litle thyng.
  • Isa 40:17 : 17 All people in comparison of hym are reckened as nothyng: yf they be compared with hym, lesse then nothyng, and as it that is not.
  • Job 22:14 : 14 Tushe, the cloudes couer him that he may not see, and he walketh on the top of heauen.
  • Job 36:29 : 29 Who can consider the spreadinges out of his cloudes, the coueringes of his tabernacle?
  • Prov 8:27 : 27 For when he made the heauens, I was present, when he compassed the deapthes about:
  • Ps 29:10 : 10 God sitteth in the flud: and God wil sit king for euer.
  • Ps 68:33 : 33 Who rydeth vpon the most hyghest eternall heauens: lo he sendeth out a mightie voyce in his voyce.
  • Ps 102:25-26 : 25 Thou hast before tyme layde the foundation of the earth: and the heauens are the worke of thy handes. 26 They shall perishe, but thou wylt remayne styll: they all shall waxe olde as doth a garment, and as a vesture thou wylt chaunge them, and they shalbe chaunged.
  • Isa 19:1 : 1 The burthen of Egypt. Beholde, the Lorde rideth vpon a swift cloude, and shall come into Egypt, and the idols of Egypt shall tremble at the presence of hym, and the heart of Egypt shall quake in the middest of her.
  • Job 37:18 : 18 Hast thou helped him to spreade out the heauens which are strong and bright as a loking glasse?
  • Job 38:4-9 : 4 Where wast thou when I layed the foundations of the earth? Tell playnely, if thou hast vnderstanding. 5 Who hath measured it, knowest thou? or who hath spread the lyne vpon it? 6 Whereupon are the foundations set? or who layed the corner stone thereof? 7 Where wast thou when the morning starres praysed me together, and all the children of God reioyced triumphantly? 8 Who shut the sea with doores, when it brake foorth as out of the wombe? 9 When I made the cloudes to be a covering for it, and swadled it with the darke:
  • Ps 2:4 : 4 He that dwelleth in heauen wyll laugh them to scorne: the Lorde wyll haue them in derision.
  • Zech 12:1 : 1 The heauy burthen which the Lorde hath deuised for Israel. Thus saith the Lorde which spread the heauens abrode, layde the foundatio of the earth, and gaue man the breath of lyfe,
  • Heb 1:10-12 : 10 And thou Lorde, in the begynnyng hast layde the foundation of the earth: And the heauens are the workes of thy handes: 11 They shall perishe, but thou endurest, and they shall waxe olde as doth a garment: 12 And as a vesture shalt thou folde the vp, and they shalbe chaunged: but thou art the same, & thy yeres shall not fayle.