Verse 22

He who is sitting on the circle of the earth, And its inhabitants `are' as grasshoppers, He who is stretching out as a thin thing the heavens, And spreadeth them as a tent to dwell in.

Referenced Verses

  • Num 13:33 : 33 and there we saw the Nephilim, sons of Anak, of the Nephilim; and we are in our own eyes as grasshoppers; and so we were in their eyes.'
  • Ps 104:2 : 2 Covering himself `with' light as a garment, Stretching out the heavens as a curtain,
  • Job 9:8 : 8 Stretching out the heavens by Himself, And treading on the heights of the sea,
  • Isa 42:5 : 5 Thus said God, Jehovah, preparing The heavens, and stretching them out, Spreading out the earth and its productions, Giving breath to the people on it, And spirit to those walking in it.
  • Isa 44:24 : 24 Thus said Jehovah, thy redeemer, And thy framer from the womb: `I `am' Jehovah, doing all things, Stretching out the heavens by Myself, Spreading out the earth -- who `is' with Me?
  • Isa 51:13 : 13 And thou dost forget Jehovah thy maker, Who is stretching out the heavens, and founding earth, And thou dost fear continually all the day, Because of the fury of the oppressor, As he hath prepared to destroy. And where `is' the fury of the oppressor?
  • Isa 66:1 : 1 Thus said Jehovah: The heavens `are' My throne, And the earth My footstool, Where `is' this -- the house that ye build for Me? And where `is' this -- the place -- My rest?
  • Jer 10:12 : 12 The maker of the earth by His power, The establisher of the world by His wisdom, Who, by His understanding, stretched forth the heavens,
  • Isa 40:15 : 15 Lo, nations as a drop from a bucket, And as small dust of the balance, have been reckoned, Lo, isles as a small thing He taketh up.
  • Isa 40:17 : 17 All the nations `are' as nothing before Him, Less than nothing and emptiness, They have been reckoned to Him.
  • Job 22:14 : 14 Thick clouds `are' a secret place to Him, And He doth not see;' And the circle of the heavens He walketh habitually,
  • Job 36:29 : 29 Yea, doth `any' understand The spreadings out of a cloud? The noises of His tabernacle?
  • Prov 8:27 : 27 In His preparing the heavens I `am' there, In His decreeing a circle on the face of the deep,
  • Ps 29:10 : 10 Jehovah on the deluge hath sat, And Jehovah sitteth king -- to the age,
  • Ps 68:33 : 33 To him who is riding on the heavens of the heavens of old, Lo, He giveth with His voice a strong voice.
  • Ps 102:25-26 : 25 Beforetime the earth Thou didst found, And the work of Thy hands `are' the heavens. 26 They -- They perish, and Thou remainest, And all of them as a garment become old, As clothing Thou changest them, And they are changed.
  • Isa 19:1 : 1 The burden of Egypt. Lo, Jehovah is riding on a swift thick cloud, And He hath entered Egypt, And moved have been the idols of Egypt at His presence, And the heart of Egypt melteth in its midst.
  • Job 37:18 : 18 Thou hast made an expanse with Him For the clouds -- strong as a hard mirror!
  • Job 38:4-9 : 4 Where wast thou when I founded earth? Declare, if thou hast known understanding. 5 Who placed its measures -- if thou knowest? Or who hath stretched out upon it a line? 6 On what have its sockets been sunk? Or who hath cast its corner-stone? 7 In the singing together of stars of morning, And all sons of God shout for joy, 8 And He shutteth up with doors the sea, In its coming forth, from the womb it goeth out. 9 In My making a cloud its clothing, And thick darkness its swaddling band,
  • Ps 2:4 : 4 He who is sitting in the heavens doth laugh, The Lord doth mock at them.
  • Zech 12:1 : 1 The burden of a word of Jehovah on Israel. An affirmation of Jehovah, Stretching out heaven, and founding earth, And forming the spirit of man in his midst.
  • Heb 1:10-12 : 10 and, `Thou, at the beginning, Lord, the earth didst found, and a work of thy hands are the heavens; 11 these shall perish, and Thou dost remain, and all, as a garment, shall become old, 12 and as a mantle Thou shall roll them together, and they shall be changed, and Thou art the same, and Thy years shall not fail.'