Jeremiah 10:12

He that made the earth by his power, That established the world by his wisdom,—And by his understanding stretched out the heavens,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.

In Context

11Thus, shall ye say unto them, The gods that made not the heavens, And the earth, Shall perish out of the earth, And from under these heavens!

13At the voice that he uttered, there was a tumult of waters in the heavens, And he caused vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth,—The lightnings for rain, he made, And brought forth wind out of his treasuries.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:6And God said, Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it be a means of dividing, between waters and waters,

Job 9:8Who spreadeth out fire heavens, by himself alone! and marcheth along, on the heights of the sea;

Job 38:4Where wast thou, when I founded the earth? Tell, if thou knowest understanding!

Psalms 33:6By the word of Yahweh, the heavens were made, and, by the spirit of his mouth, all their host:

Psalms 78:69And built, like the heights, his sanctuary, Like the earth, he founded it to times age-abiding.

Psalms 104:2Putting on light, as a robe, Stretching out the heavens, as a curtain;

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 10:2-17

Solemn Charge to Israel; The Folly of Idolatry. ( b. c. 606.) 1 Hear ye the word which the Lord speaketh unto you, O house of Israel: 2 Thus saith the Lord , Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. 3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. 4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. 5… Read the whole commentary →

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