Psalm 115:16 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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.

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:

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: 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 rejoice in thy name.

Isaiah 45:18

For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; he is God; that formed the earth and made it; he established it, he created it not a waste, 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: what manner of house will ye build unto me? and what place shall be my rest?

Lamentations 3:66

Thou wilt pursue them in anger, and destroy them 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; for I go to prepare a place for you.

Deuteronomy 10:14

Behold, unto the LORD thy God belongeth the heaven, and the heaven of heavens, the earth, with all that therein is.

Deuteronomy 32:8

When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the children of men, He set the bounds of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel.