NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon It is he that sittethyashab (yaw-shab') to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry upon the circle chuwg (khoog) a circle -- circle, circuit, compass. of the earth 'erets (eh'-rets) the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world. and the inhabitants yashab (yaw-shab') to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry thereof are as grasshoppers chagab (khaw-gawb') a locust -- locust. that stretcheth out natah (naw-taw') to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield. the heavens shamayim (shaw-mah'-yim) air, astrologer, heaven(-s). as a curtain doq (doke) something crumbling, i.e. fine (as a thin cloth) -- curtain. and spreadeth them out mathach (maw-thakh') to stretch out -- spread out. as a tent 'ohel (o'-hel) a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance) -- covering, (dwelling)(place), home, tabernacle, tent. to dwell in yashab (yaw-shab') to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry Parallel Verses New American Standard 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. King James Bible 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: Holman Christian Standard Bible 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. International Standard Version He's the one who sits above the disk of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers. He's the one who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like a tent to live in, NET Bible He is the one who sits on the earth's horizon; its inhabitants are like grasshoppers before him. He is the one who stretches out the sky like a thin curtain, and spreads it out like a pitched tent. GOD'S WORD® Translation God is enthroned above the earth, and those who live on it are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the sky like a canopy and spreads it out like a tent to live in. King James 2000 Bible It is he that sits upon the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are as grasshoppers; that stretches out the heavens as a curtain, and spreads them out as a tent to dwell in: Links Isaiah 40:22Isaiah 40:22 NIV Isaiah 40:22 NLT Isaiah 40:22 ESV Isaiah 40:22 NASB Isaiah 40:22 KJV |
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