Isaiah 40:22

Geneva Bible (1560)

He sitteth vpon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grashoppers, hee stretcheth out ye heauens, as a curtaine, and spreadeth them out, as a tent to dwell in.

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  • Num 13:33 : 33 (13:34) For there we sawe gyants, the sonnes of Anak, which come of the gyants, so that we seemed in our sight like grashoppers: and so wee were in their sight.
  • Ps 104:2 : 2 Which couereth himselfe with light as with a garment, and spreadeth the heauens like a curtaine.
  • Job 9:8 : 8 Hee himselfe alone spreadeth out the heauens, and walketh vpon the height of the sea.
  • Isa 42:5 : 5 Thus sayeth God the Lord (he that created the heauens and spred them abroad: he that stretched foorth the earth, and the buddes thereof: he that giueth breath vnto the people vpon it, and spirit to them that walke therein)
  • Isa 44:24 : 24 Thus sayeth the Lord thy redeemer and he that formed thee from the wombe, I am the Lord, that made all things, that spred out the heauens alone, and stretched out the earth by my selfe.
  • Isa 51:13 : 13 And forgettest the Lorde thy maker, that hath spred out the heauens, and layde the foundations of the earth? and hast feared continually all the day, because of the rage of the oppressour, which is readie to destroy? Where is now the rage of the oppressour?
  • Isa 66:1 : 1 Thus saith the Lorde, The heauen is my throne, and the earth is my footestoole: where is that house that ye will builde vnto me? and where is that place of my rest?
  • Jer 10:12 : 12 He hath made the earth by his power, and established the worlde by his wisedome, and hath stretched out the heauen by his discretion.
  • Isa 40:15 : 15 Beholde, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the dust of the balance: beholde, he taketh away the yles as a litle dust.
  • Isa 40:17 : 17 All nations before him are as nothing, and they are counted to him, lesse then nothing, and vanitie.
  • Job 22:14 : 14 The cloudes hide him that he can not see, and he walketh in the circle of heauen.
  • Job 36:29 : 29 Who can know the diuisions of ye clouds and the thunders of his tabernacle?
  • Prov 8:27 : 27 When hee prepared the heauens, I was there, when he set the compasse vpon the deepe.
  • Ps 29:10 : 10 The Lord sitteth vpon the flood, and the Lord doeth remaine King for euer.
  • Ps 68:33 : 33 To him that rideth vpon ye most high heauens, which were from the beginning: beholde, he will send out by his voice a mightie sound.
  • Ps 102:25-26 : 25 Thou hast aforetime layde the foundation of the earth, and the heauens are the worke of thine hands. 26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: euen they all shall waxe olde as doeth a garment: as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed.
  • Isa 19:1 : 1 The burden of Egypt. Beholde, the Lord rideth vpon a swift cloude, and shall come into Egypt, and the idoles of Egypt shall be moued at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the middes of her.
  • Job 37:18 : 18 Hast thou stretched out the heaues, which are strong, and as a molten glasse?
  • Job 38:4-9 : 4 Where wast thou when I layd the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast vnderstanding, 5 Who hath layde the measures thereof, if thou knowest, or who hath stretched the line ouer it: 6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof set: or who layed the corner stone thereof: 7 When the starres of the morning praysed me together, and all the children of God reioyced: 8 Or who hath shut vp the Sea with doores, when it yssued and came foorth as out of the wombe: 9 When I made the cloudes as a couering thereof, and darkenesse as the swadeling bands thereof:
  • Ps 2:4 : 4 But he that dwelleth in the heauen, shall laugh: the Lord shall haue them in derision.
  • Zech 12:1 : 1 The burden of the worde of the Lorde vpon Israel, sayth the Lorde, which spred the heauens, and layed the foundation of the earth, and formed the spirite of man within him.
  • Heb 1:10-12 : 10 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast established the earth, and the heauens are the workes of thine handes. 11 They shall perish, but thou doest remaine: and they all shall waxe olde as doeth a garment. 12 And as a vesture shalt thou folde them vp, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy yeeres shall not faile.

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  • 21 Know ye nothing? haue ye not heard it? hath it not bene tolde you from the beginning? haue ye not vnderstand it by the foundation of the earth?

  • 5 Thus sayeth God the Lord (he that created the heauens and spred them abroad: he that stretched foorth the earth, and the buddes thereof: he that giueth breath vnto the people vpon it, and spirit to them that walke therein)

  • 23 He bringeth the princes to nothing, and maketh the iudges of the earth, as vanitie,

  • 12 He hath made the earth by his power, and established the worlde by his wisedome, and hath stretched out the heauen by his discretion.

  • Ps 104:2-3
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    2 Which couereth himselfe with light as with a garment, and spreadeth the heauens like a curtaine.

    3 Which layeth the beames of his chambers in the waters, and maketh the cloudes his chariot, and walketh vpon the wings of the winde.

  • 15 He hath made the earth by his power, & established the world by his wisedome, and hath stretched out the heauen by his discretion.

  • 7 He stretcheth out the North ouer the emptie place, & hangeth the earth vpon nothing.

  • 12 Who hath measured the waters in his fist? and counted heauen with the spanne, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure? and weighed ye mountaines in a weight, and the hilles in a balance?

  • 11 The heauens are thine, the earth also is thine: thou hast layde the foundation of the world, and all that therein is.

  • 8 Hee himselfe alone spreadeth out the heauens, and walketh vpon the height of the sea.

  • Ps 113:5-6
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    5 Who is like vnto the Lord our God, that hath his dwelling on high!

    6 Who abaseth himselfe to beholde things in the heauen and in the earth!

  • 6 He buildeth his spheres in the heauen, and hath layde the foundation of his globe of elementes in the earth: hee calleth the waters of the sea, and powreth them out vpon the open earth: the Lorde is his Name.

  • 12 Is not God on hie in the heauen? and behold the height of the starres how hie they are.

  • 1 Thus saith the Lorde, The heauen is my throne, and the earth is my footestoole: where is that house that ye will builde vnto me? and where is that place of my rest?

  • 6 He stoode and measured the earth: he behelde and dissolued the nations and the euerlasting mountaines were broken, and the ancient hilles did bowe: his wayes are euerlasting.

  • 26 Lift vp your eyes on hie, and beholde who hath created these things, and bringeth out their armies by nomber, and calleth them all by names? by the greatnesse of his power & mightie strength nothing faileth.

  • 24 Can any hide him selfe in secrete places, that I shall not see him, sayth the Lorde? Do not I fill heauen and earth, saieth the Lord?

  • 8 Which couereth the heauen with cloudes, and prepareth raine for the earth, and maketh the grasse to growe vpon the mountaines:

  • 15 Beholde, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the dust of the balance: beholde, he taketh away the yles as a litle dust.

  • 14 From the habitation of his dwelling he beholdeth all them that dwell in the earth.

  • 1 A Psalme of Dauid. The earth is the Lordes, and all that therein is: the worlde and they that dwell therein.

  • 16 O Lorde of hostes, God of Israel, which dwellest betweene the Cherubims, thou art very God alone ouer all the kingdomes of the earth: thou hast made the heauen and the earth.

  • 1 The burden of the worde of the Lorde vpon Israel, sayth the Lorde, which spred the heauens, and layed the foundation of the earth, and formed the spirite of man within him.

  • 13 For lo, he that formeth the mountaines, & createth the winde, & declareth vnto man what is his thought: which maketh the morning darkenesse, & walketh vpon the hie places of the earth, the Lord God of hostes is his Name.

  • 18 For thus saith the Lorde (that created heauen, God himselfe, that formed the earth, & made it: he that prepared it, he created it not in vaine: he formed it to be inhabited) I am the Lord, and there is none other.

  • 25 Thou hast aforetime layde the foundation of the earth, and the heauens are the worke of thine hands.

  • 14 The cloudes hide him that he can not see, and he walketh in the circle of heauen.

  • 49 Heauen is my throne, and earth is my footestoole: what house wil ye build for me, saith the Lord? or what place is it that I should rest in?

  • 24 For he beholdeth the endes of the world, and seeth all that is vnder heauen,

  • 19 For he hath looked downe from the height of his Sanctuarie: out of the heauen did the Lord beholde the earth,

  • 5 Who hath layde the measures thereof, if thou knowest, or who hath stretched the line ouer it:

  • 16 The heauens, euen the heauens are the Lordes: but he hath giuen the earth to the sonnes of men.

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    4 But he that dwelleth in the heauen, shall laugh: the Lord shall haue them in derision.

  • 1 Beholde, the Lorde maketh the earth emptie, and hee maketh it waste: hee turneth it vpside downe, and scattereth abrode the inhabitants thereof.

  • 12 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.

  • Isa 24:20-21
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    20 The earth shal reele to and fro like a drunken man, and shall be remooued like a tent, and the iniquitie thereof shall be heauie vpon it: so that it shall fall, and rise no more.

    21 And in that day shall the Lorde visite the hoste aboue that is on hie, euen the Kinges of the world that are vpon the earth.

  • 19 The Lord hath prepared his throne in heauen, and his Kingdome ruleth ouer all.

  • 14 Beholde, heauen, & the heauen of heauens is the Lords thy God, and the earth, with all that therein is.

  • 3 For beholde, the Lorde commeth out of his place, and will come downe, and tread vpon the hie places of the earth.

  • 13 That it might take hold of the corners of the earth, and that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

  • 6 Hee remooueth the earth out of her place, that the pillars thereof doe shake.

  • 5 He set the earth vpon her foundations, so that it shall neuer moue.

  • 28 Knowest thou not? or hast thou not heard, that the euerlasting God, the Lorde hath created the endes of the earth? he neither fainteth, nor is wearie: there is no searching of his vnderstanding.

  • 1 The Lord reigneth, and is clothed with maiestie: the Lorde is clothed, and girded with power: the world also shall be established, that it cannot be mooued.

  • 6 Which made heauen and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth his fidelitie for euer:

  • 18 Hast thou perceiued the breadth of the earth? Tell if thou knowest all this.

  • 6 Lift vp your eyes to the heauens, and looke vpon the earth beneath: for the heauens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall waxe olde like a garment, and they that dwell therein, shall perish in like maner: but my saluation shall be for euer, and my righteousnesse shall not bee abolished.