Jeremiah 10:12

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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.

WEB

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.

ASV

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.

LSV

The Maker of the earth by His power, || The Establisher of the world by His wisdom, || Who, by His understanding, stretched forth the heavens—

YLT

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

DBY

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.

DRC

He that maketh the earth by his power, that prepareth the world by his wisdom, and stretcheth out the heavens by his knowledge.

GNV

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

JPS

He that hath made the earth by His power, that hath established the world by His wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by His understanding;

LXXE

It is the Lord that made the earth by his strength, who set up the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the sky,

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WLC

עֹשֵׂ֥ה אֶ֨רֶץ֙ בְּכֹח֔וֹ מֵכִ֥ין תֵּבֵ֖ל בְּחָכְמָת֑וֹ וּבִתְבוּנָת֖וֹ נָטָ֥ה שָׁמָֽיִם׃

LXX-Br

Κύριος ὁ ποιήσας τὴν γῆν ἐν τῇ ἰσχύϊ αὐτοῦ, ὁ ἀνορθώσας τὴν οἰκουμένην ἐν τῇ σοφίᾳ αὐτοῦ, καὶ τῇ φρονήσει αὐτοῦ ἐξέτεινε τὸν οὐρανὸν,

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• Job 9:8He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.
• Genesis 1:1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
• Proverbs 3:19The LORD founded the earth by wisdom and established the heavens by understanding.
• Isaiah 40:22He 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.
• Psalms 24:2For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.
• Colossians 1:16For 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.
• John 1:3Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made.
• Psalms 146:5–6Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God, the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever.
• Isaiah 45:12It 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.
• Isaiah 48:13Surely My own hand founded the earth, and My right hand spread out the heavens; when I summon them, they stand up together.
• Job 38:4–7Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding. Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it? On what were its foundations set,…
• Isaiah 44:24Thus 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,
• Zechariah 12:1This is the burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus declares the LORD, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, who forms the spirit of man within him:
• Jeremiah 51:15–19The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding. When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the…
• Jeremiah 32:17“Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You!
• Isaiah 49:8This 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…

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