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Geneva Bible

Isaiah 45:12

I haue made the earth, and created man vpon it: I, whose hands haue spred out the heauens, I haue euen commanded all their armie.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - God;   Heaven;   Isaiah;   Man;   Thompson Chain Reference - Creator;   God;   Heavens;   The Topic Concordance - Creation;   Earth;   Heaven/the Heavens;   Man;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Flesh;   Providence of God;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Earth, Land;   Isaiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Election;   God;   Host of Heaven;   Micah, Book of;   Righteousness;   Servant of the Lord;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Medes;   Persia;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Host of Heaven;   Lord of Hosts;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Memra;   Theology;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I made the earth,and created humans on it.It was my hands that stretched out the heavens,and I commanded everything in them.
Hebrew Names Version
I have made the eretz, and created man on it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens; and all their host have I commanded.
King James Version
I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
English Standard Version
I made the earth and created man on it; it was my hands that stretched out the heavens, and I commanded all their host.
New American Standard Bible
"It is I who made the earth, and created mankind upon it. I stretched out the heavens with My hands, And I ordained all their lights.
New Century Version
I made the earth and all the people living on it. With my own hands I stretched out the skies, and I commanded all the armies in the sky.
Amplified Bible
"I made the earth and created man upon it. My hands, stretched out the heavens, And I commanded all their host.
World English Bible
I have made the earth, and created man on it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens; and all their host have I commanded.
Legacy Standard Bible
It is I who made the earth and created man upon it.I stretched out the heavens with My hands,And I commanded all their host.
Berean Standard Bible
It is I who made the earth, and created man upon it. It was My hands that stretched out the heavens, and I ordained all their host.
Contemporary English Version
I created the world and covered it with people; I stretched out the sky and filled it with stars.
Complete Jewish Bible
I am the one who made the earth! I created human beings on it! I — my hands — stretched out the heavens, and directed all their number.
Darby Translation
It is I that have made the earth, and created man upon it; it is I, my hands, that have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
Easy-to-Read Version
I made the earth, and I created the people on it. I used my own hands to make the skies. And I command all the armies in the sky.
George Lamsa Translation
I have made the earth and created man upon it; I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
Good News Translation
I am the one who made the earth and created human beings to live there. By my power I stretched out the heavens; I control the sun, the moon, and the stars.
Lexham English Bible
I myself made the earth, and I created humankind upon it. I, my hands, stretched out the heavens, and I commanded all their host.
Literal Translation
I have made the earth, and created man on it. I stretched out the heavens with My hands; and I have set all their host in order.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I haue made the earth, and created ma vpon it. With my hondes haue I spred forth heauen, and geuen a commaundment for all the hooste therof.
American Standard Version
I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens; and all their host have I commanded.
Bible in Basic English
I have made the earth, forming man on it: by my hands the heavens have been stretched out, and all the stars put in their ordered places.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
I, even I, have made the earth, and created man upon it; I, even My hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
King James Version (1611)
I haue made the earth, and created man vpon it: I, euen my handes haue stretched out the heauens, and all their hoste haue I commanded.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
I haue made the earth, and created man vpon it: With my handes haue I spread foorth heauen, and geuen a commaundement for all the hoast thereof.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
I have made the earth, and man upon it: I with my hand have established the heaven; I have given commandment to all the stars.
English Revised Version
I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Y made erthe, and Y made a man on it; myn hondis helden abrood heuenes, and Y comaundide to al the knyythod of tho.
Update Bible Version
I have made the earth, and created man on it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens; and all their host I have commanded.
Webster's Bible Translation
I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, [even] my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
New English Translation
I made the earth, I created the people who live on it. It was me—my hands stretched out the sky, I give orders to all the heavenly lights.
New King James Version
I have made the earth, And created man on it. I--My hands--stretched out the heavens, And all their host I have commanded.
New Living Translation
I am the one who made the earth and created people to live on it. With my hands I stretched out the heavens. All the stars are at my command.
New Life Bible
I made the earth, and made man upon it. I spread out the heavens with My hands, and put all the stars in their places.
New Revised Standard
I made the earth, and created humankind upon it; it was my hands that stretched out the heavens, and I commanded all their host.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I, made the earth, And man upon it, I created, - I - mine own hands, stretched out the heavens, And all their host, I commanded:
Douay-Rheims Bible
I made the earth: and I created man upon it: my hand stretched forth the heavens, and I have commanded all their host.
Revised Standard Version
I made the earth, and created man upon it; it was my hands that stretched out the heavens, and I commanded all their host.
Young's Literal Translation
I made earth, and man on it prepared, I -- My hands stretched out the heavens, And all their host I have commanded.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"It is I who made the earth, and created man upon it. I stretched out the heavens with My hands And I ordained all their host.

Contextual Overview

11 Thus saith the Lord, the holy one of Israel, and his maker, Aske me of things to come concerning my sonnes, and concerning the workes of mine hands: commande you me. 12 I haue made the earth, and created man vpon it: I, whose hands haue spred out the heauens, I haue euen commanded all their armie. 13 I haue raised him vp in righteousnesse, and I will direct all his wayes: he shall build my citie, and he shall let goe my captiues, not for price nor rewarde, saith the Lord of hostes. 14 Thus sayth the Lorde, The labour of Egypt, and the marchandise of Ethiopia, and of the Sabeans, men of stature shall come vnto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall followe thee, and shall goe in chaines: they shall fall downe before thee, and make supplication vnto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee, and there is none other God besides. 15 Verely thou, O God, hidest thy selfe, O God, the Sauiour of Israel. 16 All they shalbe ashamed and also confounded: they shall goe to confusion together, that are the makers of images. 17 But Israel shall be saued in the Lorde, with an euerlasting saluation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded worlde without ende. 18 For thus saith the Lorde (that created heauen, God himselfe, that formed the earth, & made it: he that prepared it, he created it not in vaine: he formed it to be inhabited) I am the Lord, and there is none other. 19 I haue not spoken in secrete, neither in a place of darkenes in the earth: I saide not in vaine vnto the seede of Iaakob, Seeke you me: I the Lord doe speake righteousnesse, and declare righteous things.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

made the earth: Isaiah 45:18, Isaiah 40:28, Isaiah 42:5, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:27, Psalms 102:25, Hebrews 11:3

my hands: Isaiah 40:12, Isaiah 40:22, Isaiah 44:24, Jeremiah 27:5, Jeremiah 32:17, Zechariah 12:1

all their host: Genesis 2:1, Nehemiah 9:6

Reciprocal: Numbers 16:30 - make a new thing Ezra 1:2 - he hath charged Psalms 28:5 - operation Psalms 93:1 - world Psalms 104:2 - stretchest Isaiah 51:13 - that hath Jeremiah 10:12 - stretched Jeremiah 51:15 - and hath Ezekiel 34:11 - I John 1:3 - General Acts 7:50 - General Hebrews 1:2 - by whom

Cross-References

Luke 24:39
Beholde mine handes and my feete: for it is I my selfe: handle me, and see: for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me haue.
John 20:27
After saide he to Thomas, Put thy finger here, and see mine hands, & put forth thine hand, and put it into my side, and be not faithlesse, but faithfull.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I have made the earth,.... The Targum adds, "by my Word"; the essential Word, the Lord Jesus Christ; see Hebrews 11:3, this, with what follows, is said to show that the Lord was able to bring to pass things to come, concerning his children, and the works of his hands, which he allowed his people to inquire of him concerning, and to insist upon the performance of them; since he was the Creator of all things, and had made the earth out of nothing, in the beginning of time, by the word of his power:

and created man upon it; the last and chief of the creation, for the sake of whom the earth was made; and man was made to dwell upon it, manure, and cultivate it:

I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens; as a canopy over the earth, as a curtain and tent to dwell in; a phrase often used to express the greatness and majesty of God; see Isaiah 40:22:

and all their host have I commanded; into being, and to perform their offices regularly and constantly, the sun, moon, and stars, as well as the heavenly host of angels; see Psalms 33:9, what is it that such a God cannot do? he is able to do more than his people can ask of him, or think to receive from him, Ephesians 3:20.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I have made the earth - God here asserts that he had made all things, doubtless with a view to show that he was able to hear their cry, and to grant an answer to their requests. His agency was visible everywhere, alike in forming and sustaining all things, and in raising up for them a deliverer. They might, therefore, go before him with confidence, and spread out all their needs.

Have stretched out the heavens - (See the notes at Isaiah 40:26).

And all their host - The stars (see the notes at Isaiah 40:26).

Have I commanded - All are under my direction and control. What more can be needed by his people than the friendship and protection of him who made the heavens and the earth, and who leads on the stars!


 
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