Psalm 115:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁶ The heavens are the Lord’s heavens, but the earth he has given to human beings.

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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.

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.

Psalm 115:16 Cross References

Psalm 8:6

You have given them dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under their feet,

Psalm 89:11

The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours; the world and all that is in it—you founded them.

Deuteronomy 32:8

When the Most High apportioned the nations, when he divided humankind, he fixed the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the gods;

Psalm 144:5

Bow your heavens, O Lord, and come down; touch the mountains so that they smoke.

Isaiah 66:1

Thus says the Lord: Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool; so what kind of house could you build for me, what sort of place for me to rest?

John 14:2

In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?

Lamentations 3:66

Pursue them in anger and destroy them from under the Lord’s heavens.

Psalm 148:4

Praise him, you highest heavens and you waters above the heavens!

Deuteronomy 10:14

Although heaven and the heaven of heavens belong to the Lord your God, the earth with all that is in it,

Psalm 89:12

The north and the south—you created them; Tabor and Hermon joyously praise your name.

Isaiah 45:18

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.