Isaiah 45:12
I made the earth and created mankind upon it. My own hands stretched out the heavens, and I commanded their hosts.
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Other Translations
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
KJV1611 – Modern English
I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even My hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host I have commanded.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
I have made{H6213} the earth,{H776} and created{H1254} man{H120} upon it: I, even my hands,{H3027} have stretched out{H5186} the heavens;{H8064} and all their host{H6635} have I commanded.{H6680}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
I have made{H6213}{(H8804)} the earth{H776}, and created{H1254}{(H8804)} man{H120} upon it: I, even my hands{H3027}, have stretched out{H5186}{(H8804)} the heavens{H8064}, and all their host{H6635} have I commanded{H6680}{(H8765)}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
I haue made the earth, and created ma vpon it. With my hondes haue I spred forth heauen, and geuen a commaundment for all the hooste therof.
Geneva Bible (1560)
I haue made the earth, and created man vpon it: I, whose hands haue spred out the heauens, I haue euen commanded all their armie.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
I haue made the earth, and created man vpon it: With my handes haue I spread foorth heauen, and geuen a commaundement for all the hoast thereof.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, [even] my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
Webster's Bible (1833)
I have made the earth, and created man on it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens; and all their host have I commanded.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
I made earth, and man on it prepared, I -- My hands stretched out the heavens, And all their host I have commanded.
American Standard Version (1901)
I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens; and all their host have I commanded.
American Standard Version (1901)
I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens; and all their host have I commanded.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
I have made the earth, forming man on it: by my hands the heavens have been stretched out, and all the stars put in their ordered places.
World English Bible (2000)
I have made the earth, and created man on it. I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens; and I have commanded all their army.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
I made the earth; I created the people who live on it. It was me– my hands stretched out the sky. I give orders to all the heavenly lights.
Referenced Verses
- Isa 42:5 : 5 Thus says God, the LORD, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and all its offspring, who gives breath to the people upon it and spirit to those who walk in it:
- Gen 2:1 : 1 So the heavens, the earth, and everything in them were completed.
- Neh 9:6 : 6 You alone are the LORD. You made the heavens, the highest heavens, and all their hosts, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all things, and the host of heaven worships You.
- Isa 44:24 : 24 This is what the LORD says—your Redeemer, who formed you in the womb: 'I am the LORD, the Maker of all things, who stretches out the heavens by myself and spreads out the earth by my own hand.'
- Isa 45:18 : 18 For this is what the LORD says—He who created the heavens, He is God, He who formed the earth and made it, He established it, He did not create it to be empty but formed it to be inhabited—He says: 'I am the LORD, and there is no other.'
- Jer 27:5 : 5 By my great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth, the people, and the animals that are on it. I give it to anyone I choose.
- Heb 11:3 : 3 By faith we understand that the universe was formed by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.
- Gen 1:26-27 : 26 Then God said, 'Let us make mankind in our image, after our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, all the earth, and all the creatures that move along the ground.' 27 So God created mankind in his own image; in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
- Jer 32:17 : 17 Ah, Lord GOD! You made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You!
- Zech 12:1 : 1 This is the Lord’s message concerning Israel. The Lord, who stretches out the heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit within humans, declares this:
- Ps 102:25 : 25 I say, 'My God, do not take me away in the midst of my days, your years endure through all generations.'
- Isa 40:12 : 12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or with the breadth of his hand marked off the heavens? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on the scales and the hills in a balance?
- Isa 40:22 : 22 He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to live in.
- Isa 40:28 : 28 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and His understanding no one can fathom.
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