Isaiah 40:22

It is he that comprehends the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants in it are as grasshoppers; he that set up the heaven as a chamber, and stretched it out as a tent to dwell in:

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

21Will ye not know? will ye not hear? has it not been told you of old? Have ye not known the foundations of the earth?

23he that appoints princes to rule as nothing, and has made the earth as nothing.

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Cross References

Numbers 13:33And there we saw the giants; and we were before them as locusts, yea even so were we before them.

Job 22:14A cloud is his hiding place, and he shall not be seen; 1 And he passes through the circle of heaven. 1

Job 36:29And though one should understand the outspreadings of the clouds, 1 Or the measure of his tabernacle; 1

Job 38:4Where wast thou when I founded the earth? 1 Tell me now, if thou hast knowledge, 1

Psalms 29:10What profit is there in my blood, 1 When I go down to destruction? 1 Shall the dust give praise to thee? 1 Or shall it declare thy truth? 1

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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