Isaiah 40:22 “He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like…”

Isaiah 40:22

He 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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:

World English Bible

It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in,

American Standard Version

It is he that sitteth above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;

Geneva Bible 1599

He sitteth vpon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grashoppers, hee stretcheth out ye heauens, as a curtaine, and spreadeth them out, as a tent to dwell in.

Darby Translation

[It is] he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a gauze curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;

Young's Literal Translation

He who is sitting on the circle of the earth, And its inhabitants [are] as grasshoppers, He who is stretching out as a thin thing the heavens, And spreadeth them as a tent to dwell in.

Bible in Basic English

It is he who is seated over the arch of the earth, and the people in it are as small as locusts; by him the heavens are stretched out like an arch, and made ready like a tent for a living-place.

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Cross references

“It is he that sitteth”

Isaiah 66:1 Psalm 68:33 Psalm 29:10 Psalm 2:4 Isaiah 19:1

Isaiah 66:1 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be?

Psalm 68:33 · BSB

to Him who rides upon the highest heavens of old; behold, His mighty voice resounds.

Psalm 29:10 · BSB

The LORD sits enthroned over the flood; the LORD is enthroned as King forever.

Psalm 2:4 · BSB

The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them.

Isaiah 19:1 · BSB

This is the burden against Egypt: Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud; He is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the hearts of the Egyptians will melt within them.

“the inhabitants”

Isaiah 40:15 Numbers 13:33 Isaiah 40:17

Isaiah 40:15 · BSB

Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are considered a speck of dust on the scales; He lifts up the islands like fine dust.

Numbers 13:33 · BSB

We even saw the Nephilim there—the descendants of Anak that come from the Nephilim! We seemed like grasshoppers in our own sight, and we must have seemed the same to them!”

Isaiah 40:17 · BSB

All the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and emptiness.

“stretcheth”

Isaiah 42:5 Psalm 104:2 Jeremiah 10:12 Isaiah 44:24 Isaiah 51:13 Job 9:8

Isaiah 42:5 · BSB

This 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:

Psalm 104:2 · BSB

He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,

Jeremiah 10:12 · BSB

The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.

Isaiah 44:24 · BSB

Thus 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,

Isaiah 51:13 · BSB

But you have forgotten the LORD, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. You live in terror all day long because of the fury of the oppressor who is bent on destruction. But where…

Job 9:8 · BSB

He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.

Also

Proverbs 8:27 Job 22:14 Job 36:29

Proverbs 8:27 · BSB

I was there when He established the heavens, when He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,

Job 22:14 · BSB

Thick clouds veil Him so He does not see us as He traverses the vault of heaven. ’

Job 36:29 · BSB

Furthermore, who can understand how the clouds spread out, how the thunder roars from His pavilion?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

21Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the foundation of the earth?

23He brings the princes to nothing and makes the rulers of the earth meaningless.

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