Isaiah 40:21

American Standard Version (1901)

Have ye not known? have yet not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?

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  • Acts 14:17 : 17 And yet He left not himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you from heaven rains and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.
  • Rom 1:19-21 : 19 because that which is known of God is manifest in them; for God manifested it unto them. 20 For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, [even] his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse: 21 because that, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither gave thanks; but became vain in their reasonings, and their senseless heart was darkened.
  • Rom 1:28 : 28 And even as they refused to have God in [their] knowledge, God gave them up unto a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;
  • Rom 3:1-2 : 1 What advantage then hath the Jew? or what is the profit of circumcision? 2 Much every way: first of all, that they were intrusted with the oracles of God.
  • Ps 19:1-5 : 1 [For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David]. The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament showeth his handiwork. 2 Day unto day uttereth speech, And night unto night showeth knowledge. 3 There is no speech nor language; Their voice is not heard. 4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, And their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, 5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, And rejoiceth as a strong man to run his course.
  • Ps 50:6 : 6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness; For God is judge himself. {{Selah
  • Ps 115:8 : 8 They that make them shall be like unto them; Yea, every one that trusteth in them.
  • Isa 27:11 : 11 When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have compassion upon them, and he that formed them will show them no favor.
  • Isa 44:20 : 20 He feedeth on ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside; and he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
  • Isa 46:8 : 8 Remember this, and show yourselves men; bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors.
  • Isa 48:13 : 13 Yea, my hand hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spread out the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.
  • Isa 51:13 : 13 and hast forgotten Jehovah thy Maker, that stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and fearest continually all the day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he maketh ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?
  • Jer 10:8-9 : 8 But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock. 9 There is silver beaten into plates, which is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the artificer and of the hands of the goldsmith; blue and purple for their clothing; they are all the work of skilful men. 10 But Jehovah is the true God; he is the living God, and an everlasting King: at his wrath the earth trembleth, and the nations are not able to abide his indignation. 11 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens. 12 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding hath he stretched out the heavens:

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  • 22[ It is] he that sitteth above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;

  • Job 38:4-6
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    78%

    4Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.

    5Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched the line upon it?

    6Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone thereof,

  • 28Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? The everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary; there is no searching of his understanding.

  • 4Knowest thou [not] this of old time, Since man was placed upon earth,

  • 18Hast thou comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if thou knowest it all.

  • 25Hast thou not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? now have I brought it to pass, that it should be thine to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.

  • 25Of old didst thou lay the foundation of the earth; And the heavens are the work of thy hands.

  • 15He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding hath he stretched out the heavens:

  • 10And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning didst lay the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the works of thy hands:

  • Jer 10:11-12
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    11Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens.

    12He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding hath he stretched out the heavens:

  • 26Hast thou not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? now have I brought it to pass, that it should be thine to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.

  • 5They know not, neither do they understand; They walk to and fro in darkness: All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

  • 26While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, Nor the beginning of the dust of the world.

  • Isa 48:5-7
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    5therefore I have declared it to thee from of old; before it came to pass I showed it thee; lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.

    6Thou hast heard it; behold all this; and ye, will ye not declare it? I have showed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, which thou hast not known.

    7They are created now, and not from of old; and before this day thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.

  • 11The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: The world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.

  • 5Who laid the foundations of the earth, That it should not be moved for ever.

  • 26Who hath declared it from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, [He is] right? yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that showeth, yea, there is none that heareth your words.

  • 13and hast forgotten Jehovah thy Maker, that stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and fearest continually all the day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he maketh ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?

  • 2Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

  • 19Jehovah by wisdom founded the earth; By understanding he established the heavens.

  • 21Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; that have eyes, and see not; that have ears, and hear not:

  • 12Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

  • 13That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it?

  • 50Did not my hand make all these things?

  • 20that they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of Jehovah hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.

  • Job 15:7-8
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    7Art thou the first man that was born? Or wast thou brought forth before the hills?

    8Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God? And dost thou limit wisdom to thyself?

  • 5Thus saith God Jehovah, he that created the heavens, and stretched them forth; he that spread abroad the earth and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:

  • 8Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have I not declared unto thee of old, and showed it? and ye are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? yea, there is no Rock; I know not any.

  • 18To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?

  • 4Who hath ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound the waters in his garment? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou knowest?

  • 11And of whom hast thou been afraid and in fear, that thou liest, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of long time, and thou fearest me not?

  • 29Have ye not asked wayfaring men? And do ye not know their evidences,

  • 33Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?

  • 1The burden of the word of Jehovah concerning Israel. [Thus] saith Jehovah, who stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him:

  • 18For thus saith Jehovah that created the heavens, the God that formed the earth and made it, that established it and created it not a waste, that formed it to be inhabited: I am Jehovah; and there is none else.

  • 16Ye turn things upside down! Shall the potter be esteemed as clay; that the thing made should say of him that made it, He made me not; or the thing formed say of him that formed it, He hath no understanding?

  • 12Art not thou from everlasting, O Jehovah my God, my Holy One? we shall not die. O Jehovah, thou hast ordained him for judgment; and thou, O Rock, hast established him for correction.

  • 9Who knoweth not in all these, That the hand of Jehovah hath wrought this,

  • 6He stood, and measured the earth; He beheld, and drove asunder the nations; And the eternal mountains were scattered; The everlasting hills did bow; His goings were [as] of old.

  • 18They know not, neither do they consider: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

  • 21[ Doubtless], thou knowest, for thou wast then born, And the number of thy days is great!

  • 13Yea, my hand hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spread out the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.

  • 6Do ye thus requite Jehovah, O foolish people and unwise? Is not he thy father that hath bought thee? He hath made thee, and established thee.

  • 23I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.