Isaiah 40:22

Bible in Basic English (1941)

It is he who is seated over the arch of the earth, and the people in it are as small as locusts; by him the heavens are stretched out like an arch, and made ready like a tent for a living-place.

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  • Num 13:33 : 33 There we saw those great men, the sons of Anak, offspring of the Nephilim: and we seemed to ourselves no more than insects, and so we seemed to them.
  • Ps 104:2 : 2 You are clothed with light as with a robe; stretching out the heavens like a curtain:
  • Job 9:8 : 8 By whose hand the heavens were stretched out, and who is walking on the waves of the sea:
  • Isa 42:5 : 5 God the Lord, even he who made the heavens, measuring them out on high; stretching out the earth, and giving its produce; he who gives breath to the people on it, and life to those who go about on it, says:
  • Isa 44:24 : 24 The Lord, who has taken up your cause, and who gave you life in your mother's body, says, I am the Lord who makes all things; stretching out the heavens by myself, and giving the earth its limits; who was with me?
  • Isa 51:13 : 13 And you have given no thought to the Lord your Maker, by whom the heavens were stretched out, and the earth placed on its base; and you went all day in fear of the wrath of the cruel one, when he was making ready for your destruction. And where is the wrath of the cruel one?
  • Isa 66:1 : 1 The Lord says, Heaven is the seat of my power, and earth is the resting-place for my feet: what sort of house will you make for me, and what place will be my resting-place?
  • Jer 10:12 : 12 He has made the earth by his power, he has made the world strong in its place by his wisdom, and by his wise design the heavens have been stretched out.
  • Isa 40:15 : 15 See, the nations are to him like a drop hanging from a bucket, and like the small dust in the scales: he takes up the islands like small dust.
  • Isa 40:17 : 17 All the nations are as nothing before him; even less than nothing, a thing of no value.
  • Job 22:14 : 14 Thick clouds are covering him, so that he is unable to see; and he is walking on the arch of heaven.
  • Job 36:29 : 29 And who has knowledge of how the clouds are stretched out, or of the thunders of his tent?
  • Prov 8:27 : 27 When he made ready the heavens I was there: when he put an arch over the face of the deep:
  • Ps 29:10 : 10 The Lord had his seat as king when the waters came on the earth; the Lord is seated as king for ever.
  • Ps 68:33 : 33 To him who goes or the clouds of heaven, the heaven which was from earliest times; he sends out his voice of power.
  • Ps 102:25-26 : 25 In the past you put the earth on its base, and the heavens are the work of your hands. 26 They will come to an end, but you will still go on; they all will become old like a coat, and like a robe they will be changed:
  • Isa 19:1 : 1 The word about Egypt. See, the Lord is seated on a quick-moving cloud, and is coming to Egypt: and the false gods of Egypt will be troubled at his coming, and the heart of Egypt will be turned to water.
  • Job 37:18 : 18 Will you, with him, make the skies smooth, and strong as a polished looking-glass?
  • Job 38:4-9 : 4 Where were you when I put the earth on its base? Say, if you have knowledge. 5 By whom were its measures fixed? Say, if you have wisdom; or by whom was the line stretched out over it? 6 On what were its pillars based, or who put down its angle-stone, 7 When the morning stars made songs together, and all the sons of the gods gave cries of joy? 8 Or where were you when the sea came to birth, pushing out from its secret place; 9 When I made the cloud its robe, and put thick clouds as bands round it,
  • Ps 2:4 : 4 Then he whose seat is in the heavens will be laughing: the Lord will make sport of them.
  • Zech 12:1 : 1 The word of the Lord about Israel. The Lord by whom the heavens are stretched out and the bases of the earth put in place, and the spirit of man formed inside him, has said:
  • Heb 1:10-12 : 10 You, Lord, at the first did put the earth on its base, and the heavens are the works of your hands: 11 They will come to their end; but you are for ever; they will become old as a robe; 12 They will be rolled up like a cloth, even like a robe, and they will be changed: but you are the same and your years will have no end.

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