Parallel Verses
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;
New American Standard Bible
And its inhabitants are like
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And spreads them out like a
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
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 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.
Themes
Agriculture » Foes of » Grasshoppers
Government » God setting up and removing kings
Heaven/the heavens » The lord stretching out the heavens
Insignificance of man » A grasshopper when compared to God
Man » Apparent insignificance of » A grasshopper when compared to God
Man » Insignificance of » A grasshopper when compared to God
Topics
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Yashab
Yashab
References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 40:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
Comfort For God's People
21 Have you not known? Have you not heard? 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 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; 23 who brings the rulers to nothing; He makes the judges of the earth as vanity.
Cross References
Numbers 13:33
And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, of the giants. And we were in our own sight like grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
Psalm 104:2
covering Yourself with light as with a robe; and stretching out the heavens like a curtain;
Job 9:8
who alone stretches out the heavens, and walks on the waves of the sea;
Isaiah 42:5
So says Jehovah God, He who created the heavens and stretched them out, spreading out the earth and its offspring; He who gives breath to the people on it and spirit to those who walk in it.
Isaiah 44:24
So says Jehovah, your Redeemer, and He who formed you from the womb, I am Jehovah who makes all things; who stretches out the heavens alone; who spreads out the earth; who was with Me?
Job 22:14
Clouds are a covering to Him, so that He does not see; and He walks in the circuit of Heaven.
Job 36:29
Also can any understand the spreading of the clouds, or the crashing of His canopy?
Job 37:18
Have you beat out the expanse with Him, hard like a cast mirror?
Job 38:4-9
Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell if you have understanding!
Psalm 2:4
He who sits in the heavens shall laugh; Jehovah shall mock at them.
Psalm 29:10
Jehovah sits on the flood; yea, Jehovah sits as King forever.
Psalm 68:33
To Him who rides on the heavens of heavens of old; lo, He sends out His voice, a mighty voice.
Psalm 102:25-26
Of old You have laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
Proverbs 8:27
When He prepared the heavens, I was there; when He set a circle upon the face of the deep;
Isaiah 19:1
The burden against Egypt: Behold, Jehovah rides on a swift cloud and comes into Egypt. And the idols of Egypt shall tremble at His presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in its midst.
Isaiah 40:15
Behold, the nations are like a drop in a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the scales; behold, He takes up the coastlands as a very little thing.
Isaiah 40:17
All nations before Him are as nothing; and to Him they are thought to be less than nothing, and vanity.
Isaiah 51:13
And you forget Jehovah your Maker, who has stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. And you dread continually, every day, because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy. And where is the fury of the oppressor?
Isaiah 66:1
So says Jehovah, Heaven is My throne, and earth My footstool. Where, then, is the house that you build for Me? And where is the place of My rest?
Jeremiah 10:12
He has made the earth by His power; He has established the world by His wisdom, and has stretched out the heavens by His judgment.
Zechariah 12:1
The burden of the Word of Jehovah for Israel, says Jehovah, 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, "You, Lord, have laid the foundation of the earth in the beginning, and the heavens are the works of Your hands.