Isaiah 40:22

Webster's Bible (1833)

[It is] he who sits above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants of it are as grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens as a curtain, and spreads them out as a tent to dwell in;

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  • Num 13:33 : 33 There we saw the Nephilim, the sons of Anak, who come of the Nephilim: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
  • Ps 104:2 : 2 He covers himself with light as with a garment. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain.
  • Job 9:8 : 8 Who alone stretches out the heavens, Treads on the waves of the sea;
  • Isa 42:5 : 5 Thus says God Yahweh, he who created the heavens, and stretched them forth; he who spread abroad the earth and that which comes out of it; he who gives breath to the people on it, and spirit to those who walk therein:
  • Isa 44:24 : 24 Thus says Yahweh, your Redeemer, and he who formed you from the womb: I am Yahweh, who makes all things; who stretches forth the heavens alone; who spreads abroad the earth (who is with me?);
  • Isa 51:13 : 13 and have forgotten Yahweh your Maker, who stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and fear continually all the day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he makes ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?
  • Isa 66:1 : 1 Thus says Yahweh, heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what manner of house will you build to me? and what place shall be my rest?
  • Jer 10:12 : 12 He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens:
  • Isa 40:15 : 15 Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are accounted as the small dust of the balance: Behold, he takes up the isles as a very little thing.
  • Isa 40:17 : 17 All the nations are as nothing before him; they are accounted by him as less than nothing, and vanity.
  • Job 22:14 : 14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn't see. He walks on the vault of the sky.'
  • Job 36:29 : 29 Yes, can any understand the spreading of the clouds, And the thunderings of his pavilion?
  • Prov 8:27 : 27 When he established the heavens, I was there; When he set a circle on the surface of the deep,
  • Ps 29:10 : 10 Yahweh sat enthroned at the Flood. Yes, Yahweh sits as King forever.
  • Ps 68:33 : 33 To him who rides on the heaven of heavens, which are of old; Behold, he utters his voice, a mighty voice.
  • Ps 102:25-26 : 25 Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the work of your hands. 26 They will perish, but you will endure. Yes, all of them will wear out like a garment. You will change them like a cloak, and they will be changed.
  • Isa 19:1 : 1 The burden of Egypt. Behold, Yahweh rides on a swift cloud, and comes to Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall tremble at his presence; and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.
  • Job 37:18 : 18 Can you, with him, spread out the sky, Which is strong as a cast metal mirror?
  • Job 38:4-9 : 4 "Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding. 5 Who determined the measures of it, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it? 6 Whereupon were the foundations of it fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone, 7 When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy? 8 "Or who shut up the sea with doors, When it broke forth from the womb, 9 When I made clouds the garment of it, Thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,
  • Ps 2:4 : 4 He who sits in the heavens will laugh. The Lord will have them in derision.
  • Zech 12:1 : 1 An oracle. The word of Yahweh concerning Israel. Yahweh, who stretches out the heavens, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him says:
  • Heb 1:10-12 : 10 And, "You, Lord, in the beginning, laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the works of your hands. 11 They will perish, but you continue. They all will grow old like a garment does. 12 As a mantle you will roll them up, And they will be changed; But you are the same. Your years will not fail."

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