Isaiah 45:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 I made the earth and created humankind upon it; it was my hands that stretched out the heavens, and I commanded all their host. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I made the earth and created man upon it. I, with My hands, stretched out the heavens, and I commanded all their host. American Standard Version (1901) I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens; and all their host have I commanded. Common English Bible I myself made the earth, and created humans upon it. My own hands stretched out the heavens. I commanded all their forces. Catholic Public Domain Version I made the earth, and I created man upon it. My hand stretched out the heavens, and I have commanded all their hosts. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I made the earth: and I created man upon it. My hand stretched forth the heavens: and I have commanded all their host. |
“Thus says King Cyrus of Persia: The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
And Ezra said, “You are the Lord, you alone; you have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. To all of them you give life, and the host of heaven worships you.
Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
wrapped in light as with a garment. You stretch out the heavens like a tent;
“O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, who are enthroned above the cherubim, you are God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.
Who has measured the waters of the sea in the hollow of his hand and marked off the heavens with a span, enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure and weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance?
It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers, who stretches out the heavens like a curtain and spreads them like a tent to live in,
Lift up your eyes on high and see: Who created these? He who brings out their host and numbers them, calling them all by name; because he is great in strength, mighty in power, not one is missing.
Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.
Thus says God, the Lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people upon it and spirit to those who walk in it:
Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, who formed you in the womb: I am the Lord, who made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by myself spread out the earth;
For thus says the Lord, who created the heavens (he is God!), who formed the earth and made it (he established it; he did not create it a chaos; he formed it to be inhabited!): I am the Lord, and there is no other.
My hand laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand spread out the heavens; when I summon them, they stand at attention.
You have forgotten the Lord, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. You fear continually all day long because of the fury of the oppressor, who is bent on destruction. But where is the fury of the oppressor?
It is I who by my great power and my outstretched arm have made the earth, with the people and animals that are on the earth, and I give it to whomever I please.
“Ah Lord God! It is you who made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you.
An Oracle. The word of the Lord concerning Israel: Thus says the Lord, who stretched out the heavens and founded the earth and formed the human spirit within:
“For ask now about former ages, long before your own, ever since the day that God created human beings on the earth; ask from one end of heaven to the other: Has anything so great as this ever happened, or has its like ever been heard of?
By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was made from things that are not visible.