Isaiah 40:22

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

God is enthroned above the circle of the earth; its inhabitants are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like thin cloth and spreads them out like a tent to live in.

Cross References

Isaiah 42:5

This is what God, the Lord, says – who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on it and spirit to those who walk on it   –

Proverbs 8:27

I was there when he established the heavens, when he laid out the horizon on the surface of the ocean,

Isaiah 66:1

This is what the Lord says: Heaven  is my throne, and earth is my footstool. Where could you possibly build a house for me? And where would my resting place be?

Jeremiah 10:12

He made the earth by his power, established the world  by his wisdom, and spread out the heavens by his understanding.

Isaiah 40:17

All the nations are as nothing before him; they are considered by him as empty nothingness.

Job 22:14

Clouds  veil him so that he cannot see, as he walks on the circle of the sky.’

Job 9:8

He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.

Isaiah 51:13

But you have forgotten the  Lord, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. You are in constant dread all day long because of the fury of the oppressor, who has set himself to destroy. But where is the fury of the oppressor?

Isaiah 44:24

This is what the Lord, your Redeemer  who formed you from the womb,  says: I am the Lord, who made everything; who stretched out the heavens by myself; who alone spread out the earth;

Isaiah 40:15

Look, the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are considered as a speck of dust on the scales; he lifts up the islands like fine dust.

Numbers 13:33

We even saw the Nephilim  there #– #the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim!  To ourselves we seemed like grasshoppers, and we must have seemed the same to them.’

Zechariah 12:1

A pronouncement: The word of the Lord concerning Israel. A declaration of the  Lord, who stretched out the heavens, laid the foundation of the earth, and formed the spirit of man within him.

Job 36:29

Can anyone understand how the clouds spread out or how the thunder roars from God’s pavilion?

Isaiah 19:1

A pronouncement  concerning Egypt: Look, the Lord rides on a swift cloud and is coming to Egypt. Egypt’s worthless idols will tremble before him, and Egypt will lose heart.

Job 37:18

can you help God spread out the skies as hard as a cast metal mirror?

Genesis 1:6

Then God said, ‘Let there be an expanse between the waters, separating water from water.’

Isaiah 37:16

Lord of Armies, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim,  you are God   #– #you alone   #– #of all the kingdoms of the earth.  You made the heavens and the earth.

Job 26:7

He stretches the northern skies over empty space; he hangs the earth on nothing.

Isaiah 42:4

He will not grow weak or be discouraged until he has established justice on earth. The coasts and islands will wait for his instruction.’