Then God said, ‘Let there be an expanse between the waters, separating water from water.’
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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition It is God Who sits above the circle (the horizon) of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; it is He Who stretches out the heavens like [gauze] curtains and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in, American Standard Version (1901) It is he that sitteth above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in; Common English Bible God inhabits the earth’s horizon— its inhabitants are like locusts— stretches out the skies like a curtain and spreads it out like a tent for dwelling. Catholic Public Domain Version He is the One who sits upon the globe of the earth, and its inhabitants are like locusts. He extends the heavens as if they were nothing, and he spreads them out like a tent, in which to dwell. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version It is he that sitteth upon the globe of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as locusts: he that stretcheth out the heavens as nothing and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in. |
Then God said, ‘Let there be an expanse between the waters, separating water from water.’
Clouds veil him so that he cannot see, as he walks on the circle of the sky.’
He stretches the northern skies over empty space; he hangs the earth on nothing.
Can anyone understand how the clouds spread out or how the thunder roars from God’s pavilion?
can you help God spread out the skies as hard as a cast metal mirror?
He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.
I was there when he established the heavens, when he laid out the horizon on the surface of the ocean,
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.
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.
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.
All the nations are as nothing before him; they are considered by him as empty nothingness.
He will not grow weak or be discouraged until he has established justice on earth. The coasts and islands will wait for his instruction.’
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 –
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;
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?
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?
He made the earth by his power, established the world by his wisdom, and spread out the heavens by his understanding.
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.
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.’