Isaiah 40:22
It is He that sitteth above the circle of the earth, 1 and the inhabitants thereof are like chagavim (grasshoppers); 1 that stretcheth out Shomayim like a curtain, 1 and spreadeth them out like an ohel to dwell in; 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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In Context
23That bringeth the roznim (rulers) to nothing; 1 He maketh the Shoftei Eretz like tohu. 1
Cross References
Numbers 13:33And there we saw the Nephilim, the Bnei Anak, which come of the Nephilim; and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
Job 22:14Thick clouds veil Him, that He seeth not; 1 and He walketh in the vault of Shomayim. 1
Job 36:29Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, 1 or the thunderings of His sukkah? 1
Job 38:4Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of eretz? 1 Tell, if thou hast binah. 1
Psalms 29:10Hashem sitteth upon the mabbul (flood); 1 yea, Hashem sitteth enthroned as Melech l'olam. 1
Psalms 102:25I said, O my G-d, 1 take me not away in the midst of my yamim; 1 Thy years are dor dorim (throughout all generations). 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 →