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Bible in Basic English

I have made the earth, forming man on it: by my hands the heavens have been stretched out, and all the stars put in their ordered places.

New American Standard Bible

“It is I who made the earth, and created man upon it.
I stretched out the heavens with My hands
And I ordained all their host.

King James Version

I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.

Holman Bible

I made the earth,
and created man on it.
It was My hands that stretched out the heavens,
and I commanded all their host.

International Standard Version

I myself made the earth and personally created humankind upon it. My own hands stretched out the skies; I marshaled all their starry hosts."

A Conservative Version

I have made the earth, and created man upon it. I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host I have commanded.

American Standard Version

I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens; and all their host have I commanded.

Amplified


“I made the earth and created man upon it.
My hands, stretched out the heavens,
And I commanded all their host.

Darby Translation

It is I that have made the earth, and created man upon it; it is I, my hands, that have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.

Julia Smith Translation

I made the earth, and man upon it I created: my hand stretched forth the heavens, and all their army I commanded.

King James 2000

I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.

Lexham Expanded Bible

I myself made [the] earth, and I created humankind upon it. I, my hands, stretched out [the] heavens, and I commanded all their host.

Modern King James verseion

I have made the earth, and created man on it; I with My hands have stretched out the heavens; and all their host have I commanded.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I have made the earth, and created man upon it. With my hands have I spread forth heaven, and given a commandment for all the Host thereof.

NET Bible

I made the earth, I created the people who live on it. It was me -- my hands stretched out the sky, I give orders to all the heavenly lights.

New Heart English Bible

I have made the earth, and created man on it. I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens; and I have commanded all their army.

The Emphasized Bible

I, made the earth, And man upon it, I created, - I - mine own hands, stretched out the heavens, And all their host, I commanded:

Webster

I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.

World English Bible

I have made the earth, and created man on it. I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens; and I have commanded all their army.

Youngs Literal Translation

I made earth, and man on it prepared, I -- My hands stretched out the heavens, And all their host I have commanded.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
the earth
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

and created
בּרא 
Bara' 
Usage: 54

man
אדם 
'adam 
Usage: 541

upon it I, even my hands
יד 
Yad 
Usage: 1612

the heavens
שׁמה שׁמים 
Shamayim 
Usage: 420

and all their host
צבאה צבא 
Tsaba' 
Usage: 483

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Cyrus, God's Instrument

11 The Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, says, Will you put a question to me about the things which are to come, or will you give me orders about my sons, and the work of my hands? 12 I have made the earth, forming man on it: by my hands the heavens have been stretched out, and all the stars put in their ordered places. 13 I have sent him out to overcome the nations, and I will make all his ways straight: I will give him the work of building my town, and he will let my prisoners go free, without price or reward, says the Lord of armies.



Cross References

Isaiah 42:5

God the Lord, even he who made the heavens, measuring them out on high; stretching out the earth, and giving its produce; he who gives breath to the people on it, and life to those who go about on it, says:

Genesis 2:1

And the heaven and the earth and all things in them were complete.

Nehemiah 9:6

You are the Lord, even you only; you have made heaven, the heaven of heavens with all their armies, the earth and all things in it, the seas and everything in them; and you keep them from destruction: and the armies of heaven are your worshippers.

Isaiah 44:24

The Lord, who has taken up your cause, and who gave you life in your mother's body, says, I am the Lord who makes all things; stretching out the heavens by myself, and giving the earth its limits; who was with me?

Jeremiah 27:5

I have made the earth, and man and beast on the face of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm; and I will give it to anyone at my pleasure.

Isaiah 45:18

For this is the word of the Lord who made the heavens; he is God; the maker and designer of the earth; who made it not to be a waste, but as a living-place for man: I am the Lord, and there is no other.

Genesis 1:26-27

And God said, Let us make man in our image, like us: and let him have rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every living thing which goes flat on the earth.

Isaiah 40:12

In the hollow of whose hand have the waters been measured? and who is able to take the heavens in his stretched-out fingers? who has got together the dust of the earth in a measure? who has taken the weight of the mountains, or put the hills into the scales?

Isaiah 40:22

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.

Isaiah 40:28

Have you no knowledge of it? has it not come to your ears? The eternal God, the Lord, the Maker of the ends of the earth, is never feeble or tired; there is no searching out of his wisdom.

Jeremiah 32:17

Ah Lord God! see, you have made the heaven and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm, and there is nothing you are not able to do:

Zechariah 12:1

The word of the Lord about Israel. The Lord by whom the heavens are stretched out and the bases of the earth put in place, and the spirit of man formed inside him, has said:

Hebrews 11:3

By faith it is clear to us that the order of events was fixed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made from things which only seem to be.

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