Psalm 115:16 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD's: But the earth hath he given to the children of men.

More versions

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ The heavens are the Lord's heavens, but the earth has He given to the children of men.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ The heavens are the heavens of Jehovah; But the earth hath he given to the children of men.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ The highest heaven belongs to the LORD, but he gave the earth to all people.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ O Lord, for I am thy servant: I am thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid. Thou hast broken my bonds:

English Standard Version 2016

¹⁶ The heavens are the Lord’s heavens, but the earth he has given to the children of man.

Psalm 115:16 Cross References

Psalm 144:5

Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: Touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

Psalm 148:4

Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, And ye waters that be above the heavens.

Psalm 8:6

Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet:

Psalm 89:11

The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: As for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.

Psalm 89:12

The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.

Isaiah 45:18

For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.

Isaiah 66:1

Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?

Lamentations 3:66

Persecute and destroy them in anger From under the heavens of the LORD.

John 14:2

In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

Deuteronomy 10:14

Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD's thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is.

Deuteronomy 32:8

When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the people According to the number of the children of Israel.