Isaiah 40:22

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

Literal Standard Version

In The 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:

In Context

21Do you not know—do you not hear? Has it not been declared from the first to you? Have you not understood || [From] the foundations of the earth?

23He who is making princes become nothing, || Has made judges of earth formless;

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Cross References

Numbers 13:33and there we saw the giants, sons of Anak, of the giants; and we are as grasshoppers in our own eyes—and so we were in their eyes.”

Job 22:14Thick clouds [are] a secret place to Him, || And He does not see, || And He habitually walks [above] the circle of the heavens.

Job 36:29Indeed, do [any] understand || The spreadings out of a cloud? The noises of His dwelling place?

Job 38:4Where were you when I founded the earth? Declare, if you have known understanding.

Psalms 29:10YHWH has sat on the flood, || And YHWH sits [as] king for all time,

Psalms 102:25You founded the earth before time, || 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 →

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