Psalm 136:6
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6 who spread out the earth on the waters,
for his steadfast love endures forever;(A)
Psalm 24:2
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2 for he has founded it on the seas
and established it on the rivers.
Jeremiah 10:12
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12 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.(A)
Isaiah 44:24
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24 Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer,
who formed you in the womb:
I am the Lord, who made all things,
who alone stretched out the heavens,
who by myself spread out the earth;(A)
Genesis 1:9
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9 And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so.(A)
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2 Peter 3:5-7
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5 They deliberately ignore this fact, that by the word of God heavens existed long ago and an earth was formed out of water and by means of water,(A) 6 through which the world of that time was deluged with water and perished.(B) 7 But by the same word the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the godless.(C)
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Zechariah 12:1
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Jerusalem’s Victory
12 An Oracle.
The word of the Lord concerning Israel: Thus says the Lord, who stretched out the heavens and founded the earth and formed the human spirit within:(A)
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Isaiah 42:5
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5 Thus says God, the Lord,
who created the heavens and stretched them out,
who spread out the earth and what comes from it,
who gives breath to the people upon it
and spirit to those who walk in it:(A)
Isaiah 40:22
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22 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 like a tent to live in,(A)
Psalm 104:2-3
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Job 37:18
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18 Can you, like him, spread out the skies,
hard as a molten mirror?(A)
Job 26:7
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Footnotes
- 26.7 Or the North
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