Isaiah 40:22
It is he who sitteth upon the circle of the earth, While the inhabitants thereof are, as grass-hoppers,—Who stretcheth forth, as a curtain, the heavens, And spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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In Context
23Who delivereth dignitaries to nothingness,—Judges of earth, like a desolation, hath he made:
Cross References
Numbers 13:33And, there, saw we the giants, sons of Anak [descended] of the giants,—And we were in our own eyes, as grass-hoppers, And, so, were we in their eyes.
Job 22:14Dark clouds, are a veil to him, and he cannot see, or, the vault of the heavens, doth he walk?
Job 36:29But surely none can understand the burstings of the cloud, the crashing of his pavilion!
Job 38:4Where wast thou, when I founded the earth? Tell, if thou knowest understanding!
Psalms 29:10Yahweh, at the Flood, was seated, And Yahweh hath taken his seat, as king, unto times age-abiding.
Psalms 102:25Of old—the earth, thou didst found, And, the work of thy hands, are the heavens;
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 →