Isaiah 40:22
He sitteth vpon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grashoppers, hee stretcheth out ye heauens, as a curtaine, and spreadeth them out, as a tent to dwell in.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
23He bringeth the princes to nothing, and maketh the iudges of the earth, as vanitie,
Cross References
Numbers 13:33So they brought vp an euill report of the land which they had searched for the children of Israel, saying, The lande which we haue gone through to search it out, is a land that eateth vp the inhabitants thereof: for all the people that we sawe in it, are men of great stature.
Job 22:14The cloudes hide him that he can not see, and he walketh in the circle of heauen.
Job 36:29Who can know the diuisions of ye clouds and the thunders of his tabernacle?
Job 38:4Where wast thou when I layd the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast vnderstanding,
Psalms 29:10The Lord sitteth vpon the flood, and the Lord doeth remaine King for euer.
Psalms 102:25Thou hast aforetime layde the foundation of the earth, and the heauens are the worke of thine 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 →