Isaiah 40:12
Who hath holden the waters in his fist? Who hath measured heauen with his spanne, and hath comprehended all the earth of ye worlde in thre fyngers? Who hath weyed the mountaynes and hilles?
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- Prov 30:4 : 4 Who hath clymmed vp i to heauen? Who hath come downe from thence? Who hath holden ye wynde fast in his hade? Who hath coprehended ye waters in a garment? Who hath set all the endes of ye worlde? What is his name, or his sonnes name? Canst thou tell?
- Heb 1:10-12 : 10 And thou LORDE in ye begynnynge hast layed the foundacion of the earth, and ye heaues are the workes of thy handes, 11 they shal perishe, but thou shalt endure: they all shal waxe olde as doth a garmet, 12 and as a vesture shalt thou chaunge them, and they shalbe chaunged. But thou art ye same, and thy yeares shal not fayle.
- Ps 102:25-26 : 25 Thou LORDE in the begynnynge hast layed ye foundacion of the earth, and the heauens are the workes of thy hondes. 26 They shal perishe, but thou shalt endure: they all shall wexe olde as doth a garment,
- Ps 104:2-3 : 2 Thou deckest thy self with light, as it were wt a garment, thou spredest out the heauen like a curtayne. 3 Thou voltest it aboue with waters, thou makest the cloudes thy charet, and goest vpon the wynges of the wynde.
- Isa 48:13 : 13 My honde is the foundacion of the earth, & my right honde spanneth ouer the heauens. As soone as I called the they were there.
- Job 38:4-9 : 4 Where wast thou, when I layed ye foundacions of the earth? Tell planely yff thou hast vnderstondinge. 5 Who hath measured it, knowest thou? Or, who hath spred ye lyne vpon it? 6 Where vpon stode the pilers of it? Or, who layed ye corner stone? 7 where wast thou when the mornynge starres gaue me prayse, ad when all the angels of God reioysed? 8 Who shutt the see with dores, when it brake forth as a childe out off his mothers wombe? 9 When I made the cloudes to be a coueringe for it, and swedled it with ye darcke? 10 when I gaue it my comaundement, makynge dores & barres for it, 11 sayenge: Hither to shalt thou come, but no further, and here shalt thou laye downe thy proude and hye wawes.
- Rev 20:11 : 11 And I sawe a gret whyte seate, and him that sat on it, from whose face fled awaye both the earth and heauen, and their place was nomore founde.
- Prov 8:26-28 : 26 The earth and all that is vpon the earth was not yet made, no not the grounde it self. 27 For when he made the heauens, I was present: wha he set the depthes in ordre: 28 whan he hanged the cloudes aboue: whan he fastened the sprynges of the depe:
- Job 11:7-9 : 7 Wilt thou fynde out God with thy sekynge? wilt thou attayne to the perfectnesse of the Allmightie? 8 He is hyer the heaue, what wilt thou do? Deper the hell, how wilt thou then knowe him? 9 His length exceadeth the length of the earth, and his bredth ye bredth of the see.
- Job 28:25 : 25 When he weyed the wyndes, & measured ye waters:
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- Job 28:24-252 verses79%
24 For he beholdeth the endes of the worlde, and loketh vpon all that is vnder the heaue.
25 When he weyed the wyndes, & measured ye waters:
- Isa 40:13-153 verses77%
13 Who hath refourmed the mynde of the LORDE? Or who is of his councel to teach him?
14 At whom hath he asked coucel, to make him vnderstode, and to lerne him the waye of iudgment: to teach him science, and to enstructe him in the waye of vnderstodinge?
15 Beholde, all people are in coparison of him, as a droppe to a bucketfull, and are counted as the leest thinge yt the balaunce weyeth. Beholde, ye Iles are in comparison of him, as the shadowe of the Sonne beame.
- Job 38:4-52 verses76%
4 Where wast thou, when I layed ye foundacions of the earth? Tell planely yff thou hast vnderstondinge.
5 Who hath measured it, knowest thou? Or, who hath spred ye lyne vpon it?
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9 His length exceadeth the length of the earth, and his bredth ye bredth of the see.
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12 But (as for oure God) he made the earth with his power, and with his wisdome hath he fynished the whole compasse of the worlde, with his discrecion hath he spred out the heauens,
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15 Yee euen the LORDE of hoostes, that with his power made the earth, with his wi?dome prepayred ye rounde worlde, & with his discrecion spred out the heauens.
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6 He stondeth, & measureth the earth: He loketh, & the people consume awaye, the moutaynes of ye worlde fall downe to powlder, and the hilles are fayne to bowe them selues, for his goinges are euerlastinge and sure.
- Isa 40:21-222 verses74%
21 Knowe ye not this? Herde ye neuer of it? Hath it not bene preached vnto you sence the hegynnynge? Haue ye not bene enfourmed of this, sence the foundacion of ye earth was layde:
22 That he sytteth vpon the Circle of the worlde, and that all the inhabitours of the worlde are in coparison of him, but as greshoppers: That he spredeth out the heaues as a coueringe, that he stretcheth them out, as. a tent to dwell in:
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4 Who hath clymmed vp i to heauen? Who hath come downe from thence? Who hath holden ye wynde fast in his hade? Who hath coprehended ye waters in a garment? Who hath set all the endes of ye worlde? What is his name, or his sonnes name? Canst thou tell?
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11 He shal fede his flock like an hirdman. He shal gather the lambes together with his arme, and carie them in his bosome, & shal kindly intreate those that beare yonge.
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4 In his honde are all ye corners of the earth, and the strength of the hilles is his also.
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1 The heuy burthen which ye LORDE hath deuysed for Israel. Thus saieth the LORDE, which spred the heaues abrode, layde the foundacion of the earth, and geueth man ye breath of life:
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37 who nombreth the cloudes in wisdome? who stilleth ye vehement waters of the heaue?
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16 Art thou of his coucell, when he spredeth out the cloudes? Hast thou the perfecte knowlege of his wonders?
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7 He gathereth ye waters together as it were in a bottell, & laieth vp the depe in secrete.
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18 To whom then will ye licke God? or what similitude will ye set vp vnto him?
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26 Lift vp youre eyes an hie, and considre. Who hath made those thinges, which come out by so greate heapes? and he can call them all by their names. For there is nothinge hyd vnto the greatnesse of his power, strength, and might.
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5 For thus saieth God the LORDE vnto him (Euen he that made the heauens, and spred them abrode, & set forth the earth with hir encrease: which geueth breath vnto the people that is in it, & to them that dwel therin)
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8 He himself alone spredeth out ye heauens, and goeth vpon the wawes of the see.
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13 My honde is the foundacion of the earth, & my right honde spanneth ouer the heauens. As soone as I called the they were there.
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9 What is he, but he knoweth, that ye hode of the LORDE made all these?
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6 Which in his strength setteth fast the moutaynes, & is gyrded aboute with power.
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13 For lo, he maketh the mountaynes, he ordeneth the wynde, he sheweth man what he is aboute to do: he maketh the mornynge and the darcknesse, he treadeth vpo the hye places off the earth: ye LORDE God of hoostes is his name.
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37 Morouer, thus saieth the LORDE: like as the heauen aboue can not be measured, and as the foundacions of the earth beneth maye not be sought out: So will I also not cast out the whole sede of Israel, for that they haue commytted, saieth the LORDE.
- Ps 147:4-52 verses71%
4 He telleth the nombre of the starres, and calleth them all by their names.
5 Greate is or LORDE, and greate is his power, yee his wy?dome is infinite.
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5 He translateth the moutaynes, or euer they be awarre, & ouerthroweth them in his wrath.
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10 He hath copased the waters wt certayne boundes, vntill the daye & night come to an ende.
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12 Now because yt God is hyer the the heauens, & because thou seist yt the starres are so hye,
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11 A true measure & a true balauce are ye LORDES, he maketh all weightes.
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3 Thou voltest it aboue with waters, thou makest the cloudes thy charet, and goest vpon the wynges of the wynde.
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18 hast thou helped him to spred out the heauen, which is to loke vpo, as it were cast of cleare metall?
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18 Hast thou also perceaued, how brode ye earth is? Now yf thou hast knowlege of all,
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12 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.
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50 Hath not my hande made all these thinges?
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2 Beholde, the strength and power of the LORDE shal breake in to the londe on euery syde, like a tempest of hale, that beareth downe stronge holdes, and like an horrible, mightie and ouer flowinge water.
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13 Who ruleth the earth in his steade? Or, whom hath he set to gouerne the whole worlde?
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6 He that hath his dwellinge in heauen, ad groundeth his tabernacle in the earth: He that calleth the waters of the see, and poureth them out vpon the playne grounde: his name is the LORDE.
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8 Which couereth ye heauen wt cloudes, prepareth rayne for ye earth, & maketh ye grasse to growe vpon the mountaynes.
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28 Knowest thou not, or hast thou not herde, that the euerlastinge God, the LORDE which made all the corners of the earth, is nether weery nor faynt, and that his wisdome can not be comprehended:
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6 which humbleth himself, to beholde that is in heauen and earth?
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15 Beholde, yf he witholde the waters, they drye vp: Yf he let the go, they destroye the earth.
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11 Thou breakest the proude, like one that is wounded, thou scatrest thine enemies abrode with thy mightie arme.
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24 Maye eny man hyde him self so, that I shal not se him? saieth the LORDE. Do not I fulfill heauen and earth? saieth the LORDE.
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13 Thou watrest the hylles from aboue, the erth is fylled with ye frutes of thy workes.