Isaiah 40:22

New King James Version

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

Psalm 104:2

Who cover Yourself with light as with a garment, Who stretch out the heavens like a curtain.

Isaiah 42:5

Thus says God the Lord, Who created the heavens and stretched them out, Who spread forth the earth and that which comes from it, Who gives breath to the people on it, And spirit to those who walk on it:

Proverbs 8:27

When He prepared the heavens, I was there, When He drew a circle on the face of the deep,

Isaiah 66:1

Thus says the Lord: “Heaven is My throne, And earth is My footstool. Where is the house that you will build Me? And where is the place of My rest?

Jeremiah 10:12

He has made the earth by His power, He has established the world by His wisdom, And has stretched out the heavens at His discretion.

Isaiah 40:17

All nations before Him are as nothing, And they are counted by Him less than nothing and worthless.

Psalm 68:33

To Him who rides on the heaven of heavens, which were of old! Indeed, He sends out His voice, a mighty voice.

Job 22:14

Thick clouds cover Him, so that He cannot see, And He walks above the circle of heaven.’

Job 9:8

He alone spreads out the heavens, And treads on the waves of the sea;

Isaiah 51:13

And you forget the Lord your Maker, Who stretched out the heavens And laid the foundations of the earth; You have feared continually every day Because of the fury of the oppressor, When he has prepared to destroy. And where is the fury of the oppressor?

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 out the heavens all alone, Who spreads abroad the earth by Myself;

Isaiah 40:15

Behold, the nations are as a drop in a bucket, And are counted as the small dust on the scales; Look, He lifts up the isles as a very little thing.

Psalm 2:4

He who sits in the heavens shall laugh; The Lord shall hold them in derision.

Numbers 13:33

There we saw the giants (the descendants of Anak came from the giants); and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.”

Zechariah 12:1

The burden of the word of the Lord against Israel. Thus says the Lord, who stretches out the heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him:

Psalm 29:10

The Lord sat enthroned at the Flood, And the Lord sits as King forever.

Job 36:29

Indeed, can anyone understand the spreading of clouds, The thunder from His canopy?

Isaiah 19:1

The burden against Egypt. Behold, the Lord rides on a swift cloud, And will come into Egypt; The idols of Egypt will totter at His presence, And the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst.

Job 37:18

With Him, have you spread out the skies, Strong as a cast metal mirror?

Genesis 1:6

Then God said, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”

Psalm 18:11

He made darkness His secret place; His canopy around Him was dark waters And thick clouds of the skies.

Psalm 19:4

Their line has gone out through all the earth, And their words to the end of the world. In them He has set a tabernacle for the sun,

Isaiah 37:16

“O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, the One who dwells between the cherubim, You are God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.

Job 26:7

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

Isaiah 42:4

He will not fail nor be discouraged, Till He has established justice in the earth; And the coastlands shall wait for His law.”