Isaiah 40:22

The Scriptures 2009

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

And Elohim said, “Let an expanse come to be in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”

Job 22:14

Clouds screen Him, so that He does not see, and He moves about the circuit of the heavens.’

Job 26:7

He it was who stretched out the north over emptiness, hanging the earth upon space,

Job 36:29

Also, who understands the spreading of clouds, the crashing from His booth?

Job 37:18

Did you, with Him, spread out the clouds, strong as a hard mirror?

Job 9:8

stretching out the heavens by Himself, and treading upon the waves of the sea;

Psalm 104:2

Covering Yourself with light as with a garment, Stretching out the heavens like a curtain,

Psalm 18:11

He made darkness His covering; Around Him His booth, Darkness of waters, 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 set up a tent for the sun,

Psalm 2:4

He who is sitting in the heavens laughs, יהוה mocks at them.

Psalm 29:10

יהוה sat enthroned at the Flood, And יהוה sits as Sovereign forever.

Psalm 68:33

To Him who rides on the ancient highest heavens! See, He sends out His voice, a mighty voice.

Proverbs 8:27

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

Isaiah 19:1

The message concerning Mitsrayim. See, יהוה is riding on a swift cloud, and He shall come into Mitsrayim. And the idols of Mitsrayim shall tremble at His presence, and the heart of Mitsrayim melt in its midst.

Isaiah 37:16

“O יהוה of hosts, Elohim of Yisra’ĕl, the One who dwells between the keruḇim, You are Elohim, You alone, of all the reigns of the earth. You have made the heavens and earth.

Isaiah 40:15

See, nations are as a drop in a bucket, and are reckoned as dust on the balance. See, He lifts up isles as fine dust.

Isaiah 40:17

All nations before Him are as a non-entity, and they are reckoned by Him as less than a speck, and emptiness.

Isaiah 42:4

“He does not become weak or crushed, until He has established right-ruling in the earth. And the coastlands wait for His Torah.”

Isaiah 42:5

Thus said the Ěl, יהוה, 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:

Isaiah 44:24

Thus said יהוה, your Redeemer, and He who formed you from the womb, “I am יהוה, doing all, stretching out the heavens all alone, spreading out the earth, with none beside Me,

Isaiah 51:13

“And you have forgotten יהוה your Maker who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth, and you continually fear, all the day, because of the rage of the oppressor, as he has prepared to destroy. And where is the rage of the oppressor?

Isaiah 66:1

Thus said יהוה, “The heavens are My throne, and the earth is My footstool. Where is this house that you build for Me? And where is this 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 by His understanding.

Zechariah 12:1

The message of the word of יהוה against Yisra’ĕl. יהוה, stretching out the heavens, and laying the foundation of the earth, and forming the spirit of man within him, declares,

Numbers 13:33

And we saw there the Nephilim, sons of Anaq, of the Nephilim. And we were like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and so we were in their eyes.