their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens He has pitched a tent for the sun.
Parallel translations
- WEB Their voice has gone out through all the earth, their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun,
- KJV Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
- NKJV Their line has gone out through all the earth, And their words to the end of the world. In them He has set a tabernacle for the sun,
- NASB Their line has gone out into all the earth, And their words to the end of the world. In them He has placed a tent for the sun,
- NLT Yet their message has gone throughout the earth, and their words to all the world. God has made a home in the heavens for the sun.
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Quick answer
Creation's silent message goes out to all the earth, and God has pitched a tent in the heavens for the sun. The witness is worldwide.
Overview
Though wordless, creation's testimony reaches 'the end of the world.' Paul applies this language in Romans 10:18 to the gospel's worldwide proclamation, drawing an analogy between creation's universal witness and the global spread of the good news. The verse then turns to the sun as a prime example of God's handiwork.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Rom 10:18But I ask, did they not hear? Indeed they did: “Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”
- Gen 1:14–18And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.
- Mal 4:2“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.
- Ps 104:2He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,
- Ps 98:3He has remembered His love and faithfulness to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
- 2 Cor 10:13–16We, however, will not boast beyond our limits, but only within the field of influence that God has assigned to us—a field that reaches even to you.
- Isa 49:6He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”
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