He made heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He keeps every promise forever.
Parallel translations
- WEB who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; who keeps truth forever;
- KJV Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:
- BSB the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever.
- NKJV Who made heaven and earth, The sea, and all that is in them; Who keeps truth forever,
- NASB Who made heaven and earth, The sea and everything that is in them; Who keeps faith forever;
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Quick answer
God made heaven, earth, sea, and all in them, and keeps faith forever. The Creator of all is also the One who is utterly faithful.
Overview
The ground of hope is that God is both almighty Creator and eternally faithful. His power to make all things and His constancy in keeping truth make Him worthy of trust. The same Word through whom all things were made became flesh in Christ (John 1:3, 14).
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Cross-references · 26
- Rev 14:7He said with a loud voice, “Fear the Lord, and give him glory; for the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and the springs of waters!”
- 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.
- Ps 100:5For Yahweh is good. His loving kindness endures forever, his faithfulness to all generations.
- Ps 136:5–6To him who by understanding made the heavens; for his loving kindness endures forever:
- Gen 1:1In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
- 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,
- Col 1:16For by him all things were created, in the heavens and on the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and for him.
- Ps 95:5The sea is his, and he made it. His hands formed the dry land.
- Ps 89:2I indeed declare, “Love stands firm forever. You established the heavens. Your faithfulness is in them.”
- Prov 8:28–29when he established the clouds above, when the springs of the deep became strong,
- Ps 117:2For his loving kindness is great toward us. Yahweh’s faithfulness endures forever. Praise Yah!
- Titus 1:2in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;
- Heb 6:18that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.
- Ps 33:6By Yahweh’s word, the heavens were made; all their army by the breath of his mouth.
- Acts 14:15“Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to the living God, who made the sky, the earth, the sea, and all that is in them;
- Ps 115:15Blessed are you by Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.
- John 1:3All things were made through him. Without him was not anything made that has been made.
- Job 38:8–11“Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke out of the womb,
- Jer 10:11–12“You shall say this to them: ‘The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens.’”
- Deut 7:9Know therefore that Yahweh your God himself is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with them who love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations,
- Ps 89:33But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.
- Dan 9:4I prayed to Yahweh my God, and made confession, and said, Oh, Lord, the great and dreadful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments,
- Ps 148:5–6Let them praise Yahweh’s name, For he commanded, and they were created.
- Ps 98:3He has remembered his loving kindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
- John 10:34Jesus answered them, “Isn’t it written in your law, ‘I said, you are gods?’
- Mic 7:20You will give truth to Jacob, and mercy to Abraham, as you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.
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