Add parallel Print Page Options

21 Surely you know. Surely you have heard.
    Surely in the beginning someone told you.
    Surely you understand how the earth was created.
22 God sits on his throne above the circle of the earth.
    And compared to him, people are like grasshoppers.
He stretches out the skies like a piece of cloth.
    He spreads them out like a tent to sit under.
23 He makes rulers unimportant.
    He makes the judges of this world worth nothing.

Read full chapter

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)

Read full chapter