Isaiah 40:21-23
New American Standard Bible
21 (A)Do you not know? Have you not heard?
Has it not been declared to you from the beginning?
Have you not understood (B)from the foundations of the earth?
22 It is He who [a]sits above the [b](C)circle of the earth,
And its inhabitants are like (D)grasshoppers,
Who (E)stretches out the heavens like a (F)curtain
And spreads them out like a (G)tent to live in.
23 It is He who reduces (H)rulers to nothing,
Who (I)makes the judges of the earth [c]meaningless.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 40:22 Or is enthroned
- Isaiah 40:22 Or vault
- Isaiah 40:23 Or void
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)
Isaiah 40:21-23
King James Version
21 Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
22 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:
23 That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
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