Isaiah 40:22
New Living Translation
22 God sits above the circle of the earth.
The people below seem like grasshoppers to him!
He spreads out the heavens like a curtain
and makes his tent from them.
Isaiah 66:1
New Living Translation
66 This is what the Lord says:
“Heaven is my throne,
and the earth is my footstool.
Could you build me a temple as good as that?
Could you build me such a resting place?
Psalm 104:2
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2 You are dressed in a robe of light.
You stretch out the starry curtain of the heavens;
Isaiah 42:5
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5 God, the Lord, created the heavens and stretched them out.
He created the earth and everything in it.
He gives breath to everyone,
life to everyone who walks the earth.
And it is he who says,
Job 9:8
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8 He alone has spread out the heavens
and marches on the waves of the sea.
Numbers 13:33
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33 We even saw giants[a] there, the descendants of Anak. Next to them we felt like grasshoppers, and that’s what they thought, too!”
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- 13:33 Hebrew nephilim.
Hebrews 1:10-12
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10 He also says to the Son,
“In the beginning, Lord, you laid the foundation of the earth
and made the heavens with your hands.
11 They will perish, but you remain forever.
They will wear out like old clothing.
12 You will fold them up like a cloak
and discard them like old clothing.
But you are always the same;
you will live forever.”[a]
Footnotes
Jeremiah 10:12
New Living Translation
12 But the Lord made the earth by his power,
and he preserves it by his wisdom.
With his own understanding
he stretched out the heavens.
Isaiah 51:13
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13 Yet you have forgotten the Lord, your Creator,
the one who stretched out the sky like a canopy
and laid the foundations of the earth.
Will you remain in constant dread of human oppressors?
Will you continue to fear the anger of your enemies?
Where is their fury and anger now?
It is gone!
Isaiah 44:24
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24 This is what the Lord says—
your Redeemer and Creator:
“I am the Lord, who made all things.
I alone stretched out the heavens.
Who was with me
when I made the earth?
Isaiah 40:17
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17 The nations of the world are worth nothing to him.
In his eyes they count for less than nothing—
mere emptiness and froth.
Psalm 68:33
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33 Sing to the one who rides across the ancient heavens,
his mighty voice thundering from the sky.
Job 22:14
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14 For thick clouds swirl about him, and he cannot see us.
He is way up there, walking on the vault of heaven.’
Isaiah 40:15
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15 No, for all the nations of the world
are but a drop in the bucket.
They are nothing more
than dust on the scales.
He picks up the whole earth
as though it were a grain of sand.
Proverbs 8:27
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27 I was there when he established the heavens,
when he drew the horizon on the oceans.
Psalm 102:25-26
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25 Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth
and made the heavens with your hands.
26 They will perish, but you remain forever;
they will wear out like old clothing.
You will change them like a garment
and discard them.
Psalm 29:10
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10 The Lord rules over the floodwaters.
The Lord reigns as king forever.
Psalm 2:4
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4 But the one who rules in heaven laughs.
The Lord scoffs at them.
Job 38:4-9
New Living Translation
4 “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?
Tell me, if you know so much.
5 Who determined its dimensions
and stretched out the surveying line?
6 What supports its foundations,
and who laid its cornerstone
7 as the morning stars sang together
and all the angels[a] shouted for joy?
8 “Who kept the sea inside its boundaries
as it burst from the womb,
9 and as I clothed it with clouds
and wrapped it in thick darkness?
Footnotes
- 38:7 Hebrew the sons of God.
Job 36:29
New Living Translation
29 Who can understand the spreading of the clouds
and the thunder that rolls forth from heaven?
Zechariah 12:1
New Living Translation
Future Deliverance for Jerusalem
12 This[a] message concerning the fate of Israel came from the Lord: “This message is from the Lord, who stretched out the heavens, laid the foundations of the earth, and formed the human spirit.
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- 12:1 Hebrew An Oracle: This.
Isaiah 19:1
New Living Translation
A Message about Egypt
19 This message came to me concerning Egypt:
Look! The Lord is advancing against Egypt,
riding on a swift cloud.
The idols of Egypt tremble.
The hearts of the Egyptians melt with fear.
Job 37:18
New Living Translation
18 he makes the skies reflect the heat like a bronze mirror.
Can you do that?
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