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Isaiah 40:21-23
1599 Geneva Bible
Isaiah 40:21-23
1599 Geneva Bible
21 Know ye nothing? have ye not heard [a]it? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood it by the [b]foundation of the earth?
22 He sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers, he stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out, as a tent to dwell in.
23 He bringeth the princes to nothing, and maketh the judges of the earth, as vanity,
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- Isaiah 40:21 Have ye not the word of God, which plainly condemneth idolatry?
- Isaiah 40:21 Can you not learn by the visible creatures whom God hath made to observe your use, that you should not serve them nor worship them?
Isaiah 40:21-23
New International Version
Isaiah 40:21-23
New International Version
21 Do you not know?
Have you not heard?(A)
Has it not been told(B) you from the beginning?(C)
Have you not understood(D) since the earth was founded?(E)
22 He sits enthroned(F) above the circle of the earth,
and its people are like grasshoppers.(G)
He stretches out the heavens(H) like a canopy,(I)
and spreads them out like a tent(J) to live in.(K)
23 He brings princes(L) to naught
and reduces the rulers of this world to nothing.(M)
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