Jeremiah 10:12

He has made the earth by his power. He has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding he has stretched out the heavens.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.

In Context

11Thus ye shall say to them: The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens.

13When he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth. He makes lightnings for the rain, and brings forth the wind out of his treasuries.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:6And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

Job 9:8who alone stretches out the heavens, and treads upon the waves of the sea,

Job 38:4Where were thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou have understanding.

Psalms 33:6By the word of LORD were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

Psalms 78:69And he built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he has established forever.

Psalms 104:2who covers thyself with light as with a garment, who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 10:2-17

Solemn Charge to Israel; The Folly of Idolatry. ( b. c. 606.) 1 Hear ye the word which the Lord speaketh unto you, O house of Israel: 2 Thus saith the Lord , Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. 3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. 4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. 5… Read the whole commentary →

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