Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the work of your hands.
Parallel translations
- KJV Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
- BSB In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
- NKJV Of old You laid the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands.
- NASB “In time of old You founded the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands.
- NLT Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth and made the heavens with your hands.
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Cross-references · 9
- Gen 1:1In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
- Exod 20:11for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore Yahweh blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy.
- Heb 1:10–12And, “You, Lord, in the beginning, laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the works of your hands.
- Jer 32:17“Ah Lord Yahweh! Behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm; there is nothing too hard for you,
- Heb 3:3–4For he has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, because he who built the house has more honor than the house.
- Gen 2:1The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished.
- Prov 8:23–36I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth existed.
- Job 38:4–7“Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.
- Ps 96:5For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but Yahweh made the heavens.
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