“It is I who (A)by my great power and my outstretched arm (B)have made the earth, with the men and animals that are on the earth, (C)and I give it to whomever it seems right to me.

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17 ‘Ah, Lord God! It is (A)you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by (B)your outstretched arm! (C)Nothing is too hard for you.

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15 May (A)you be blessed by the Lord,
    (B)who made heaven and earth!

16 The heavens are the Lord's heavens,
    but the earth he has given to the children of man.

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17 The sentence is by the decree of (A)the watchers, the decision by the word of (B)the holy ones, to the end that the living may know that the Most High (C)rules the kingdom of men (D)and gives it to whom he will and (E)sets over it the lowliest of men.’

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15 (A)“It is he who made the earth by his power,
    who established the world by his wisdom,
and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.

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12 (A)I made the earth
    and created man on it;
it was my hands (B)that stretched out the heavens,
    and (C)I commanded all their host.

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Thus says God, the Lord,
    who created the heavens (A)and stretched them out,
    who spread out the earth and what comes from it,
(B)who gives breath to the people on it
    and spirit to those who walk in it:

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(A)Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
    whose (B)hope is in the Lord his God,
(C)who made heaven and earth,
    the sea, and all that is in them,
(D)who keeps faith forever;

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11 (A)“Worthy are you, our Lord and God,
    to receive glory and honor and power,
for (B)you created all things,
    and (C)by your will they existed and were created.”

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10 And,

(A)“You, Lord, laid the foundation of the earth in the beginning,
    and the heavens are the work of your hands;
11 they will perish, but you remain;
    they will all wear out like a garment,

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16 For by[a] him all things were created, (A)in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether (B)thrones or (C)dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created (D)through him and for him.

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 1:16 That is, by means of; or in

15 “Men, (A)why are you doing these things? We also are men, (B)of like nature with you, and we bring you good news, that (C)you should turn from these (D)vain things to (E)a living God, (F)who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.

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The Word Became Flesh

(A)In the beginning was (B)the Word, and (C)the Word was with God, and (D)the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. (E)All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.

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11 Thus shall you say to them: (A)“The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth (B)shall perish from the earth and from under the heavens.”[a]

12 (C)It is he who (D)made the earth by his power,
    (E)who established the world by his wisdom,
    and (F)by his understanding stretched out the heavens.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 10:11 This verse is in Aramaic

13 and have forgotten the Lord, your Maker,
    (A)who stretched out the heavens
    and (B)laid the foundations of the earth,
and you fear continually all the day
    because of the wrath of (C)the oppressor,
when he sets himself to destroy?
    And where is the wrath of (D)the oppressor?

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13 My hand (A)laid the foundation of the earth,
    and my right hand (B)spread out the heavens;
(C)when I call to them,
    they stand forth together.

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24 Thus says the Lord, (A)your Redeemer,
    (B)who formed you from the womb:
(C)“I am the Lord, who made all things,
    (D)who alone stretched out the heavens,
    who spread out the earth by myself,

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21 (A)Do you not know? Do you not hear?
    Has it not been told you from the beginning?
    Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
22 It is he who sits above the circle of the earth,
    and its inhabitants are (B)like grasshoppers;
(C)who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,
    and spreads them like a tent to dwell in;
23 (D)who brings princes to nothing,
    and makes the rulers of the earth as emptiness.

24 Scarcely are they planted, scarcely sown,
    scarcely has their stem taken root in the earth,
when he blows on them, and they wither,
    (E)and the tempest carries them off like stubble.

25 (F)To whom then will you compare me,
    that I should be like him? says the Holy One.
26 Lift up your eyes on high and see:
    who created these?
(G)He who brings out their host by number,
    calling them all by name;
by the greatness of his might
    and because he is strong in power,
    not one is missing.

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Praise him, all his angels;
    praise him, all his (A)hosts!

Praise him, sun and moon,
    praise him, all you shining stars!
Praise him, you (B)highest heavens,
    and you (C)waters above the heavens!

(D)Let them praise the name of the Lord!
    For (E)he commanded and they were created.

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to him who (A)by understanding (B)made the heavens,
    for his steadfast love endures forever;
to him who (C)spread out the earth (D)above the waters,
    for his steadfast love endures forever;
to him who (E)made the great lights,
    for his steadfast love endures forever;
the sun to rule over the day,
    for his steadfast love endures forever;
the moon and stars to rule over the night,
    for his steadfast love endures forever;

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but (A)in these last days (B)he has spoken to us by (C)his Son, whom he appointed (D)the heir of all things, (E)through whom also he created (F)the world.

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24 (A)The God who made the world and everything in it, being (B)Lord of heaven and earth, (C)does not live in temples made by man,[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 17:24 Greek made by hands

10 (A)who struck down many nations
    and killed mighty kings,
11 (B)Sihon, king of the Amorites,
    and (C)Og, king of Bashan,
    and (D)all the kingdoms of Canaan,
12 and (E)gave their land as a heritage,
    a heritage to his people Israel.

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25 (A)Of old you laid the foundation of the earth,
    and (B)the heavens are the work of your hands.

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“Where were you when I (A)laid the foundation of the earth?
    Tell me, if you have understanding.
Who determined its measurements—surely you know!
    Or who stretched the line upon it?
On what were its bases sunk,
    or who laid its cornerstone,
when the morning stars (B)sang together
    and all (C)the sons of God (D)shouted for joy?

“Or who (E)shut in the sea with doors
    when it burst out from the womb,
when I made clouds its garment
    and (F)thick darkness its swaddling band,
10 and prescribed (G)limits for it
    and set bars and doors,
11 and said, ‘Thus far shall you come, and no farther,
    and here shall your (H)proud waves be stayed’?

12 “Have you (I)commanded the morning since your days began,
    and caused the dawn to know its place,
13 that it might take hold of (J)the skirts of the earth,
    and the wicked be (K)shaken out of it?
14 It is changed like clay under the seal,
    and its features stand out like a garment.
15 From the wicked their (L)light is withheld,
    and (M)their uplifted arm is broken.

16 “Have you (N)entered into the springs of the sea,
    or walked in the recesses of the deep?
17 Have (O)the gates of death been revealed to you,
    or have you seen the gates of (P)deep darkness?
18 Have you comprehended the expanse of the earth?
    Declare, if you know all this.

19 “Where is the way to the dwelling of light,
    and where is the place of darkness,
20 that you may take it to its territory
    and that you may discern (Q)the paths to its home?
21 You know, for (R)you were born then,
    and the number of your days is great!

22 “Have you entered (S)the storehouses of the snow,
    or have you seen (T)the storehouses of the hail,
23 which I have reserved (U)for the time of trouble,
    (V)for the day of battle and war?
24 What is the way to the place where the light is distributed,
    or where the east wind is scattered upon the earth?

25 “Who has cleft a channel for the torrents of rain
    and (W)a way for the thunderbolt,
26 to bring rain on (X)a land where no man is,
    on (Y)the desert in which there is no man,
27 to satisfy the waste and desolate land,
    and to make the ground sprout with (Z)grass?

28 “Has (AA)the rain a father,
    or who has begotten the drops of dew?
29 From whose womb did (AB)the ice come forth,
    and who has given birth to (AC)the frost of heaven?
30 The waters become hard like stone,
    and the face of the deep is (AD)frozen.

31 “Can you bind the chains of (AE)the Pleiades
    or loose the cords of (AF)Orion?
32 Can you lead forth the Mazzaroth[a] in their season,
    or can you guide (AG)the Bear with its children?
33 Do you know (AH)the ordinances of the heavens?
    Can you establish their rule on the earth?

34 “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,
    that (AI)a flood of waters may cover you?
35 Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go
    and say to you, ‘Here we are’?
36 Who has (AJ)put wisdom in (AK)the inward parts[b]
    or given understanding to the mind?[c]
37 Who can number the clouds by wisdom?
    Or who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens,
38 when the dust runs into a mass
    and (AL)the clods stick fast together?

39 “Can you hunt the prey for the lion,
    or (AM)satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
40 when they crouch in their (AN)dens
    or lie in wait (AO)in their thicket?
41 Who provides for (AP)the raven its prey,
    when its young ones cry to God for help,
    and wander about for lack of food?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 38:32 Probably the name of a constellation
  2. Job 38:36 Or in the ibis
  3. Job 38:36 Or rooster

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