The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
Parallel translations
- WEB He has made the earth by his power. he has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens.
- KJV 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.
- NKJV He has made the earth by His power, He has established the world by His wisdom, And has stretched out the heavens at His discretion.
- NASB ¶It is He who made the earth by His power, Who established the world by His wisdom; And by His understanding He has stretched out the heavens.
- NLT But the Lord made the earth by his power, and he preserves it by his wisdom. With his own understanding he stretched out the heavens.
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Quick answer
God made the earth by His power, established the world by wisdom, and stretched out the heavens by understanding. Creation displays His unrivaled greatness.
Overview
In direct contrast to impotent idols, Yahweh is praised as the Creator who fashioned the earth, ordered the world, and spread out the heavens through His own power, wisdom, and understanding. The verse grounds God's supremacy in His work of creation. Such creative power belongs to the God revealed in Scripture, and the New Testament attributes this very creating work to Christ, through whom all things were made.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 30
- Job 9:8He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.
- Gen 1:1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
- Prov 3:19The LORD founded the earth by wisdom and established the heavens by understanding.
- Isa 40:22He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.
- Ps 24:2For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.
- John 1:3Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made.
- Col 1:16For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him.
- Ps 148:4–5Praise Him, O highest heavens, and you waters above the skies.
- Isa 48:13Surely My own hand founded the earth, and My right hand spread out the heavens; when I summon them, they stand up together.
- Isa 45:18For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens—He is God; He formed the earth and fashioned it; He established it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited: “I am the LORD, and there is no other.
- Isa 49:8This is what the LORD says: “In the time of favor I will answer You, and in the day of salvation I will help You; I will keep You and appoint You to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to apportion its desolate inheritances,
- Zech 12:1This is the burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus declares the LORD, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, who forms the spirit of man within him:
- Jer 32:17“Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You!
- Isa 44:24Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: “I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by Myself spread out the earth,
- Ps 146:5–6Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,
- Ps 104:24How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.
- Ps 33:6By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.
- Isa 45:12It is I who made the earth and created man upon it. It was My hands that stretched out the heavens, and I ordained all their host.
- Jer 51:15–19The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
- Isa 42:5This is what God the LORD says—He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:
- Job 38:4–7Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.
- Ps 136:5–6By His insight He made the heavens. His loving devotion endures forever.
- Jer 10:13When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
- Ps 119:90Your faithfulness continues through all generations; You established the earth, and it endures.
- Ps 78:69He built His sanctuary like the heights, like the earth He has established forever.
- Prov 30:4Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in His cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is the name of His Son—surely you know!
- Job 26:7He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.
- Gen 1:6–9And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.”
- Ps 104:2He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,
- Ps 93:1The LORD reigns! He is robed in majesty; the LORD has clothed and armed Himself with strength. The world indeed is firmly established; it cannot be moved.
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