Verse 22

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.

Referenced Verses

  • 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.