Isaiah 40:22

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

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 out like a tent to dwell in;

Cross References

Genesis 1:6

God said, *Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.*

Job 22:14

Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn't see. He walks on the vault of the sky.'

Job 26:7

He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing.

Job 36:29

Yes, can any understand the spreading of the clouds, and the thunderings of his pavilion?

Job 37:18

Can you, with him, spread out the sky, which is strong as a cast metal mirror?

Job 9:8

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

Psalm 104:2

He covers himself with light as with a garment. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain.

Psalm 18:11

He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion around him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

Psalm 19:4

Their voice has gone out through all the earth, their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun,

Psalm 2:4

He who sits in the heavens will laugh. The Lord will have them in derision.

Psalm 29:10

The LORD sat enthroned at the Flood. Yes, the LORD sits as King forever.

Psalm 68:33

To him who rides on the heaven of heavens, which are of old; behold, he utters his voice, a mighty voice.

Proverbs 8:27

When he established the heavens, I was there; when he set a circle on the surface of the deep,

Isaiah 19:1

The burden of Egypt: *Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud, and comes to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence; and the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst.

Isaiah 37:16

*LORD of Armies, the God of Yisra'el, who is enthroned among the Keruvim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.

Isaiah 40:15

Behold, the nations are like a drop in a bucket, and are regarded as a speck of dust on a balance. Behold, he lifts up the islands like a very little thing.

Isaiah 40:17

All the nations are like nothing before him. They are regarded by him as less than nothing, and vanity.

Isaiah 42:4

He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he has set justice in the earth, and the islands will wait for his law.*

Isaiah 42:5

Thus says God the LORD, he who created the heavens and stretched them out, he who spread out the earth and that which comes out of it, he who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk in it.

Isaiah 44:24

Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, and he who formed you from the womb: I am the LORD, who makes all things; who stretches forth the heavens alone; who spreads abroad the earth (who is with me?);

Isaiah 51:13

and have forgotten the LORD your Maker, who stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and fear continually all the day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he makes ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?

Isaiah 66:1

Thus says the LORD, heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what manner of house will you build to me? and what place shall be my rest?

Jeremiah 10:12

He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens:

Zechariah 12:1

An oracle. The word of the LORD concerning Yisra'el. The LORD, who stretches out the heavens, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him says:

Numbers 13:33

There we saw the Nefilim, the sons of `Anak, who come of the Nefilim: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.