Verse 16

The heavens -- the heavens `are' Jehovah's, And the earth He hath given to sons of men,

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 89:11 : 11 Thine `are' the heavens -- the earth also `is' Thine, The habitable world and its fulness, Thou hast founded them.
  • Gen 1:28-30 : 28 And God blesseth them, and God saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over every living thing that is creeping upon the earth.' 29 And God saith, `Lo, I have given to you every herb sowing seed, which `is' upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in which `is' the fruit of a tree sowing seed, to you it is for food; 30 and to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the heavens, and to every creeping thing on the earth, in which `is' breath of life, every green herb `is' for food:' and it is so.
  • Jer 27:5-6 : 5 Thus do ye say unto your lords, I -- I have made the earth with man, and the cattle that `are' on the face of the earth, by My great power, and by My stretched-out arm, and I have given it to whom it hath been right in Mine eyes. 6 `And now, I -- I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, My servant, and also the beast of the field I have given to him to serve him;
  • Ps 8:6 : 6 Thou dost cause him to rule Over the works of Thy hands, All Thou hast placed under his feet.
  • Gen 9:1-3 : 1 And God blesseth Noah, and his sons, and saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth; 2 and your fear and your dread is on every beast of the earth, and on every fowl of the heavens, on all that creepeth on the ground, and on all fishes of the sea -- into your hand they have been given. 3 Every creeping thing that is alive, to you it is for food; as the green herb I have given to you the whole;
  • Deut 32:8 : 8 In the Most High causing nations to inherit, In His separating sons of Adam -- He setteth up the borders of the peoples By the number of the sons of Israel.
  • Lam 3:66 : 66 Thou pursuest in anger, and destroyest them, From under the heavens of Jehovah!
  • Ps 148:4 : 4 Praise ye Him, heavens of heavens, And ye waters that are above the heavens.
  • John 14:2 : 2 in the house of my Father are many mansions; and if not, I would have told you; I go on to prepare a place for you;
  • Ps 144:5 : 5 Jehovah, incline Thy heavens and come down, Strike against mountains, and they smoke.
  • 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?