Jeremiah 10:12 “The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His…”

Jeremiah 10:12

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

God 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.

American Standard Version

He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding hath he stretched out the heavens.

Geneva Bible 1599

He hath made the earth by his power, and established the worlde by his wisedome, and hath stretched out the heauen by his discretion.

Darby Translation

He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his understanding.

Young's Literal Translation

The maker of the earth by His power, The establisher of the world by His wisdom, Who, by His understanding, stretched forth the heavens,

Bible in Basic English

He has made the earth by his power, he has made the world strong in its place by his wisdom, and by his wise design the heavens have been stretched out.

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Cross references

“hath made”

Genesis 1:1 John 1:3 Colossians 1:16 Jeremiah 32:17 Jeremiah 51:15–19 Job 38:4–7

Genesis 1:1 · BSB

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

John 1:3 · BSB

Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made.

Colossians 1:16 · BSB

For 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.

Jeremiah 32:17 · BSB

“Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You!

Jeremiah 51:15–19 · BSB

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

Job 38:4–7 · BSB

Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.

“established”

Proverbs 3:19 Psalm 24:2 Isaiah 45:18 Isaiah 49:8 Psalm 78:69 Psalm 119:90

Proverbs 3:19 · BSB

The LORD founded the earth by wisdom and established the heavens by understanding.

Psalm 24:2 · BSB

For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.

Isaiah 45:18 · BSB

For 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.

Isaiah 49:8 · BSB

This 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 des…

Psalm 78:69 · BSB

He built His sanctuary like the heights, like the earth He has established forever.

Psalm 119:90 · BSB

Your faithfulness continues through all generations; You established the earth, and it endures.

“stretched”

Job 9:8 Isaiah 40:22 Psalm 104:24 Isaiah 42:5 Isaiah 44:24 Isaiah 45:12

Job 9:8 · BSB

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

Isaiah 40:22 · BSB

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.

Psalm 104:24 · BSB

How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.

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:

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 45:12 · BSB

It 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.

Also

Jeremiah 10:13

Jeremiah 10:13 · BSB

When 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.

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

In context

11Thus you are to tell them: “These gods, who have made neither the heavens nor the earth, will perish from this earth and from under these heavens.”

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.

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