Isaiah 40:22
He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
23He brings the princes to nothing and makes the rulers of the earth meaningless.
Cross References
Numbers 13:33We even saw the Nephilim there—the descendants of Anak that come from the Nephilim! We seemed like grasshoppers in our own sight, and we must have seemed the same to them!”
Job 22:14Thick clouds veil Him so He does not see us as He traverses the vault of heaven.’
Job 36:29Furthermore, who can understand how the clouds spread out, how the thunder roars from His pavilion?
Job 38:4Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.
Psalms 29:10The LORD sits enthroned over the flood; the LORD is enthroned as King forever.
Psalms 102:25In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 40:19-27
Vanity of Idols. ( b. c. 708.) 18 To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him? 19 The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains. 20 He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved. 21 Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from… Read the whole commentary →