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Qal - Participle - masculine singular">Art | V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 5921: prep<BR> 1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against <BR> 1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards <BR> 1b) above, beyond, over (of excess) <BR> 1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence) <BR> 1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition) <BR> 1e) over (of suspension or extension) <BR> 1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity) <BR> 1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion) <BR> 1h) to (as a dative) <BR> conj <BR> 2) because that, because, notwithstanding, although">5921</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 5921 -- Occurrence 4274 of 5778">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">עַל־<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/al_5921.htm" title="'al-: above -- Occurrence 2674 of 3469.">‘al-</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">above</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/2329.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 2329: 1) circle, circuit, compass <BR> 2) (BDB) vault (of the heavens)">2329</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2329.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 2329 -- Occurrence 3 of 3">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">ח֣וּג<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/chug_2329.htm" title="chug: the circle -- Occurrence 2 of 2.">ḥūḡ</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">the circle</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - masculine singular construct">N-msc</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 776: 1) land, earth<BR> 1a) earth <BR> 1a1) whole earth (as opposed to a part) <BR> 1a2) earth (as opposed to heaven) <BR> 1a3) earth (inhabitants) <BR> 1b) land <BR> 1b1) country, territory <BR> 1b2) district, region <BR> 1b3) tribal territory <BR> 1b4) piece of ground <BR> 1b5) land of Canaan, Israel <BR> 1b6) inhabitants of land <BR> 1b7) Sheol, land without return, (under) world <BR> 1b8) city (-state) <BR> 1c) ground, surface of the earth <BR> 1c1) ground <BR> 1c2) soil <BR> 1d) (in phrases) <BR> 1d1) people of the land <BR> 1d2) space or distance of country (in measurements of distance) <BR> 1d3) level or plain country <BR> 1d4) land of the living <BR> 1d5) end(s) of the earth <BR> 1e) (almost wholly late in usage) <BR> 1e1) lands, countries <BR> 1e1a) often in contrast to Canaan">776</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 776 -- Occurrence 1803 of 2503">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">הָאָ֔רֶץ<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/haaretz_776.htm" title="ha·'A·retz,: of the earth -- Occurrence 692 of 934.">hā-’ā-reṣ,</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">of the earth</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Article :: Noun - feminine singular">Art | N-fs</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 3427: 1) to dwell, remain, sit, abide <BR> 1a) (Qal) <BR> 1a1) to sit, sit down <BR> 1a2) to be set <BR> 1a3) to remain, stay <BR> 1a4) to dwell, have one's abode <BR> 1b) (Niphal) to be inhabited <BR> 1c) (Piel) to set, place <BR> 1d) (Hiphil) <BR> 1d1) to cause to sit <BR> 1d2) to cause to abide, set <BR> 1d3) to cause to dwell <BR> 1d4) to cause (cities) to be inhabited <BR> 1d5) to marry (give an dwelling to) <BR> 1e) (Hophal) <BR> 1e1) to be inhabited <BR> 1e2) to make to dwell">3427</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 3427 -- Occurrence 767 of 1082">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">וְיֹשְׁבֶ֖יהָ<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/veyosheveiha_3427.htm" title="ve·yo·she·Vei·ha: inhabitants -- Occurrence 1 of 6.">wə-yō-šə-ḇe-hā</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">and its inhabitants [are]</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Conjunctive waw :: Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct :: third person feminine singular">Conj-w | V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc | 3fs</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/2284.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 2284: 1) locust, grasshopper">2284</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2284.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 2284 -- Occurrence 5 of 5">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">כַּחֲגָבִ֑ים<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/kachagavim_2284.htm" title="ka·cha·ga·Vim;: grasshoppers -- Occurrence 2 of 2.">ka-ḥă-ḡā-ḇîm;</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">like grasshoppers</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Preposition-k, Article :: Noun - masculine plural">Prep-k, Art | N-mp</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/5186.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 5186: 1) to stretch out, extend, spread out, pitch, turn, pervert, incline, bend, bow <BR> 1a) (Qal) <BR> 1a1) to stretch out, extend, stretch, offer <BR> 1a2) to spread out, pitch (tent) <BR> 1a3) to bend, turn, incline <BR> 1a3a) to turn aside, incline, decline, bend down <BR> 1a3b) to bend, bow <BR> 1a3c) to hold out, extend (fig.) <BR> 1b) (Niphal) to be stretched out <BR> 1c) (Hiphil) <BR> 1c1) to stretch out <BR> 1c2) to spread out <BR> 1c3) to turn, incline, influence, bend down, hold out, extend, thrust aside, thrust away">5186</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5186.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 5186 -- Occurrence 159 of 213">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">הַנּוֹטֶ֤ה<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/hannoteh_5186.htm" title="han·no·Teh: stretches -- Occurrence 1 of 1.">han-nō-w-ṭeh</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">who stretches out</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Article :: Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular">Art | V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/1852.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 1852: 1) veil, curtain">1852</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1852.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 1852 -- Occurrence 1 of 1">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">כַדֹּק֙<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/chaddok_1852.htm" title="chad·Dok: A curtain -- Occurrence 1 of 1.">ḵad-dōq</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">like a curtain</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Preposition-k, Article :: Noun - masculine singular">Prep-k, Art | N-ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/8064.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 8064: 1) heaven, heavens, sky <BR> 1a) visible heavens, sky <BR> 1a1) as abode of the stars <BR> 1a2) as the visible universe, the sky, atmosphere, etc <BR> 1b) Heaven (as the abode of God)">8064</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8064.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 8064 -- Occurrence 325 of 421">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">שָׁמַ֔יִם<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/shamayim_8064.htm" title="sha·Ma·yim,: the heavens -- Occurrence 46 of 73.">šā-ma-yim,</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">the heavens</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - masculine plural">N-mp</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/4969.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 4969: 1) (Qal) to spread out">4969</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4969.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 4969 -- Occurrence 1 of 1">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">וַיִּמְתָּחֵ֥ם<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/vaiyimtachem_4969.htm" title="vai·yim·ta·Chem: and spreads -- Occurrence 1 of 1.">way-yim-tā-ḥêm</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">and spreads them out</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Conjunctive waw :: Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular :: third person masculine plural">Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms | 3mp</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/168.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 168: 1) tent <BR> 1a) nomad's tent, and thus symbolic of wilderness life, transience <BR> 1b) dwelling, home, habitation <BR> 1c) the sacred tent of Jehovah (the tabernacle)">168</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_168.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 168 -- Occurrence 327 of 345">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">כָּאֹ֖הֶל<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/kaohel_168.htm" title="ka·'O·hel: A tent -- Occurrence 1 of 1.">kā-’ō-hel</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">like a tent</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Preposition-k, Article :: Noun - masculine singular">Prep-k, Art | N-ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 3427: 1) to dwell, remain, sit, abide <BR> 1a) (Qal) <BR> 1a1) to sit, sit down <BR> 1a2) to be set <BR> 1a3) to remain, stay <BR> 1a4) to dwell, have one's abode <BR> 1b) (Niphal) to be inhabited <BR> 1c) (Piel) to set, place <BR> 1d) (Hiphil) <BR> 1d1) to cause to sit <BR> 1d2) to cause to abide, set <BR> 1d3) to cause to dwell <BR> 1d4) to cause (cities) to be inhabited <BR> 1d5) to marry (give an dwelling to) <BR> 1e) (Hophal) <BR> 1e1) to be inhabited <BR> 1e2) to make to dwell">3427</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 3427 -- Occurrence 768 of 1082">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">לָשָֽׁבֶת׃<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/lashavet_3427.htm" title="la·Sha·vet.: to dwell -- Occurrence 6 of 7.">lā-šā-ḇeṯ.</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">to dwell in</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Preposition-l :: Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct">Prep-l | V-Qal-Inf</a></span></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><br /><br /><br /> <div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <br /><br /> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /><div class="vheading2">Hebrew Texts</div><div align="right"><span class="toptext"><a href="//study.interlinearbible.org/isaiah/40.htm">Isaiah 40:22 Hebrew Study Bible</a> (<a href="//apostolic.interlinearbible.org/isaiah/40.htm">Apostolic</a> / <a href="//interlinearbible.org/isaiah/40.htm">Interlinear</a>)<br></span></div><div style="direction:rtl"><span class="hebrew"><span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/3427.htm" title="hai·yo·shev: sits -- 3427: to sit, remain, dwell">הַיֹּשֵׁב֙</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/5921.htm" title="al-: above -- 5921: upon, above, over">עַל־</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/2329.htm" title="chug: the circle -- 2329: vault, horizon">ח֣וּג</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/776.htm" title="ha·'a·retz,: of the earth -- 776: earth, land">הָאָ֔רֶץ</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/3427.htm" title="ve·yo·she·vei·ha: inhabitants -- 3427: to sit, remain, dwell">וְיֹשְׁבֶ֖יהָ</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/2284.htm" title="ka·cha·ga·vim;: grasshoppers -- 2284: locust, grasshopper">כַּחֲגָבִ֑ים</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/5186.htm" title="han·no·v·teh: stretches -- 5186: to stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend">הַנֹּוטֶ֤ה</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/1852.htm" title="chad·dok: A curtain -- 1852: a veil, curtain">כַדֹּק֙</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/8064.htm" title="sha·ma·yim,: the heavens -- 8064: heaven, sky">שָׁמַ֔יִם</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/4969.htm" title="vai·yim·ta·chem: and spreads -- 4969: to spread out">וַיִּמְתָּחֵ֥ם</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/168.htm" title="ka·'o·hel: A tent -- 168: a tent">כָּאֹ֖הֶל</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/3427.htm" title="la·sha·vet.: to dwell -- 3427: to sit, remain, dwell">לָשָֽׁבֶת׃</a></span>  </span></div><div align="left"><span class="versiontextkjvs"><a href="//kjvs.scripturetext.com/isaiah/40.htm">KJV with Strong's</a> </span><br><span class="kjvs"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/3427.htm" title="yashab (yaw-shab') -- (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish">It is he that sitteth</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/2329.htm" title="chuwg (khoog) -- circle, circuit, compass">upon the circle</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/776.htm" title="'erets (eh'-rets) -- X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world">of the earth</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/3427.htm" title="yashab (yaw-shab') -- (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish">and the inhabitants</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/2284.htm" title="chagab (khaw-gawb') -- locust">thereof are as grasshoppers</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/5186.htm" title="natah (naw-taw') -- + afternoon, apply, bow (down, - ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield">that stretcheth out</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/8064.htm" title="shamayim (shaw-mah'-yim) -- air, X astrologer, heaven(-s)">the heavens</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/1852.htm" title="doq (doke) -- curtain">as a curtain</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/4969.htm" title="mathach (maw-thakh') -- spread out">and spreadeth them out</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/168.htm" title="'ohel (o'-hel) -- covering, (dwelling)(place), home, tabernacle, tent">as a tent</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/3427.htm" title="yashab (yaw-shab') -- (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish">to dwell in</a></span></div><div align="right"><span class="versiontext"><a href="//wlc.hebrewtanakh.com/isaiah/40.htm">ישעה 40:22 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex</a><br></span><span class="heb">הַיֹּשֵׁב֙ עַל־ח֣וּג הָאָ֔רֶץ וְיֹשְׁבֶ֖יהָ כַּחֲגָבִ֑ים הַנֹּוטֶ֤ה כַדֹּק֙ שָׁמַ֔יִם וַיִּמְתָּחֵ֥ם כָּאֹ֖הֶל לָשָֽׁבֶת׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//wlco.hebrewtanakh.com/isaiah/40.htm">ישעה 40:22 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)</a><br></span><span class="heb">הישב על־חוג הארץ וישביה כחגבים הנוטה כדק שמים וימתחם כאהל לשבת׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//paleo-wlc.hebrewtanakh.com/isaiah/40.htm">ישעה 40:22 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)</a><br></span><span class="paleoheb">הישב על־חוג הארץ וישביה כחגבים הנוטה כדק שמים וימתחם כאהל לשבת׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//mod.hebrewtanakh.com/isaiah/40.htm">ישעה 40:22 Hebrew Bible</a><br></span><span class="heb">הישב על חוג הארץ וישביה כחגבים הנוטה כדק שמים וימתחם כאהל לשבת׃</span></div><div class="jmp"><a href="/texts/isaiah/40-22.htm">Additional Parallel Hebrew</a></div><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/40.htm">New American Standard Bible </a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/40.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><i>It is</i> he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof <i>are</i> as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/40.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />God is enthroned above the circle of the earth; its inhabitants are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like thin cloth and spreads them out like a tent to live in. <div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="hdg">it is he that sitteth. or, Him that sitteth</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/isaiah/19-1.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Isaiah 19:1</span> The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud, and …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/isaiah/66-1.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Isaiah 66:1</span> Thus said the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/psalms/2-4.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Psalm 2:4</span> He that sits in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision.</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/psalms/29-10.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Psalm 29:10</span> The LORD sits on the flood; yes, the LORD sits King for ever.</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/psalms/68-33.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Psalm 68:33</span> To him that rides on the heavens of heavens, which were of old; see, …</a></p><p class="hdg">the inhabitants</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-15.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Isaiah 40:15,17</span> Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/numbers/13-33.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Numbers 13:33</span> And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the …</a></p><p class="hdg">stretcheth</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/isaiah/42-5.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Isaiah 42:5</span> Thus said God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/isaiah/44-24.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Isaiah 44:24</span> Thus said the LORD, your redeemer, and he that formed you from the …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/isaiah/51-13.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Isaiah 51:13</span> And forget the LORD your maker, that has stretched forth the heavens, …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/job/9-8.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Job 9:8</span> Which alone spreads out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea.</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/job/37-18.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Job 37:18</span> Have you with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/job/38-4.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Job 38:4-9</span> Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/psalms/102-25.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Psalm 102:25,26</span> Of old have you laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/psalms/104-2.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Psalm 104:2</span> Who cover yourself with light as with a garment: who stretch out …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/jeremiah/10-12.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Jeremiah 10:12</span> He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/zechariah/12-1.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Zechariah 12:1</span> The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, said the LORD, which …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/hebrews/1-10.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Hebrews 1:10-12</span> And, You, Lord, in the beginning have laid the foundation of the …</a></p><p class="hdg">as a curtain. Or, as a thin veil, as Bp. Lowth renders: which he illustrates by the following passage from Dr. Shaw. It is usual in the summer season, and upon all occasions when a large company is to be received, to have the court sheltered from heat or inclemency of the weather by a velum, umbrella, or veil, as I shall call it; which, being expanded on ropes from one end of the parapet to the other, may be folded or unfolded at pleasure. The Psalmist seems to allude to some covering of this kind, in that beautiful expression of spreading out the heavens as a curtain.</p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/isaiah/40-22.htm">Isaiah 40:22</a> • <a href="/niv/isaiah/40-22.htm">Isaiah 40:22 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/isaiah/40-22.htm">Isaiah 40:22 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/isaiah/40-22.htm">Isaiah 40:22 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/isaiah/40-22.htm">Isaiah 40:22 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/isaiah/40-22.htm">Isaiah 40:22 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/40-22.htm">Isaiah 40:22 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/40-22.htm">Isaiah 40:22 Biblia Paralela</a> • <a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/40-22.htm">Isaiah 40:22 Chinese Bible</a> • <a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/40-22.htm">Isaiah 40:22 French Bible</a> • <a href="//bibeltext.com/isaiah/40-22.htm">Isaiah 40:22 German Bible</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br /></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../isaiah/40-21.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 40:21"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 40:21" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../isaiah/40-23.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 40:23"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 40:23" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>