Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

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.

King James Version

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:

Holman Bible

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.

International Standard Version

He's the one who sits above the disk of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers. He's the one who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like a tent to live in,

A Conservative Version

[It is] he who sits above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers, who stretches out the heavens as a curtain, and spreads them out as a tent to dwell in,

American Standard Version

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;

Amplified


It is He who sits above the circle of the earth,
And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers;
[It is He] who stretches out the heavens like a veil
And spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.

Bible in Basic English

It is he who is seated over the arch of the earth, and the people in it are as small as locusts; by him the heavens are stretched out like an arch, and made ready like a tent for a living-place.

Darby Translation

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 gauze curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;

Julia Smith Translation

He sitting upon the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants as locusts; he stretching out the heavens as fine cloth, and he will extend them as a tent to dwell in:

King James 2000

It is he that sits upon the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are as grasshoppers; that stretches out the heavens as a curtain, and spreads them out as a tent to dwell in:

Lexham Expanded Bible

[He is] the one who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants [are] like grasshoppers; the one who stretches out [the] heavens like a veil and spreads them out like tent to live [in],

Modern King James verseion

It is He who sits on the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

That he sitteth upon the Circle of the world, and that all the inhabiters of the world are, in comparison of him, but as grasshoppers; That he spreadeth out the heavens as a covering, he stretcheth them out as a tent to dwell in;

NET Bible

He is the one who sits on the earth's horizon; its inhabitants are like grasshoppers before him. He is the one who stretches out the sky like a thin curtain, and spreads it out like a pitched tent.

New Heart English Bible

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;

The Emphasized Bible

It is he who sitteth upon the circle of the earth, While the inhabitants thereof are, as grass-hoppers, - Who stretcheth forth, as a curtain, the heavens, And spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;

Webster

It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:

World English Bible

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;

Youngs Literal Translation

He who is sitting on the circle of the earth, And its inhabitants are as grasshoppers, He who is stretching out as a thin thing the heavens, And spreadeth them as a tent to dwell in.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
It is he that sitteth
ישׁב 
Yashab 
Usage: 1081

upon the circle
חוּג 
Chuwg 
Usage: 3

of the earth
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

and the inhabitants
ישׁב 
Yashab 
Usage: 1081

חגב 
Chagab 
Usage: 5

the heavens
שׁמה שׁמים 
Shamayim 
Usage: 420

as a curtain
דּק 
Doq 
Usage: 1

מתח 
Mathach 
Usage: 1

as a tent
אהל 
'ohel 
Usage: 345

Context Readings

Comfort For God's People

21 Have ye not known? Have ye not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have ye not been taught since the land was founded? 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 out like a tent to dwell in.
23 He brings the powerful to nothing; he makes the judges of the earth as if they had never been,



Cross References

Numbers 13:33

And there we saw giants, the sons of Anak, of the race of the giants; and we were in our own sight as locusts, and so we were in their sight.

Psalm 104:2

who dost cover thyself with light as with a garment, who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain,

Job 9:8

He alone extends the heavens and walks upon the waves of the sea.

Isaiah 42:5

Thus saith God the LORD, the Creator of the heavens and he that stretches them out; he that spreads forth the earth and that which comes out of it; he that gives breath unto the people upon it and spirit to those that walk therein:

Isaiah 44:24

Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that makes all things, that stretches forth the heavens alone, that spreads abroad the earth by myself;

Job 22:14

Thick clouds are his hiding place, and he does not see; and he walks in the circuit of heaven.

Job 36:29

Shall you understand the spreadings of the clouds or the noise of his tent?

Job 37:18

Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong and as a molten looking glass?

Job 38:4-9

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Cause me to know, if thou hast understanding.

Psalm 2:4

He that sits in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.

Psalm 29:10

The LORD sits upon the flood; yea, the LORD sat down as King for ever.

Psalm 68:33

To him that rides upon the heavens of the heavens which were of old; behold, he shall send forth his voice, his mighty voice.

Psalm 102:25-26

Of old thou hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the work of thy hands.

Proverbs 8:27

when he composed the heavens, I was there. When he set a compass upon the face of the depth,

Isaiah 19:1

The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rides upon a swift cloud and shall come into Egypt, and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.

Isaiah 40:15

Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he causes the isles to disappear as dust.

Isaiah 40:17

All the Gentiles are as nothing before him, and they are counted to him as vanity and as less than nothing.

Isaiah 51:13

And thou hast already forgotten the LORD thy maker that has stretched forth the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth and hast feared continually every day the fury of the oppressor when he was ready to destroy. But, where is the fury of the oppressor?

Isaiah 66:1

Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where shall remain this house that ye built unto me? and where shall remain this place of my rest?

Jeremiah 10:12

He that makes the earth by his power, he that orders the world with his wisdom and extends the heavens with his intelligence:

Zechariah 12:1

The burden of the word of the LORD upon Israel, said the LORD, who stretches forth the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth and forms the spirit of man within him.

Hebrews 1:10-12

And Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:

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