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Jeremiah 51:15

He is the one who by his power made the earth. He is the one who by his wisdom fixed the world in place, by his understanding he spread out the heavens.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Earth;   God;   God Continued...;   Heaven;   Persia;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Babylon;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Cyrus;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Heaven;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Persia, Persians;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Babylon;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Wisdom;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He made the earth by his power,established the world by his wisdom,and spread out the heavens by his understanding.
Hebrew Names Version
He has made the eretz by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens:
King James Version
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding.
English Standard Version
"It is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.
New American Standard Bible
It is He who made the earth by His power, Who established the world by His wisdom, And by His understanding He stretched out the heavens.
New Century Version
"The Lord made the earth by his power. He used his wisdom to build the world and his understanding to stretch out the skies.
Amplified Bible
He made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom And stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
World English Bible
He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens:
Geneva Bible (1587)
He hath made the earth by his power, & established the world by his wisedome, and hath stretched out the heauen by his discretion.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
It is He who made the earth by His power, Who established the world by His wisdom, And by His understanding He stretched out the heavens.
Legacy Standard Bible
It is He who made the earth by His power,Who established the world by His wisdom,And by His understanding He stretched out the heavens.
Berean Standard Bible
He made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
Contemporary English Version
God used his wisdom and power to create the earth and spread out the heavens.
Complete Jewish Bible
He made the earth by his power, established the world by his wisdom spread out the sky by his understanding.
Darby Translation
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his understanding.
Easy-to-Read Version
God used his great power and made the earth. He used his wisdom to build the world and his understanding to stretch out the skies.
George Lamsa Translation
The LORD has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and has stretched out heaven by his understanding.
Good News Translation
The Lord made the earth by his power; by his wisdom he created the world and stretched out the heavens.
Lexham English Bible
He is the one who made the earth by his power, the one who created the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding he stretched out the heavens.
Literal Translation
He has made the earth by His power, He has established the world by His wisdom, and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yee euen the LORDE of hoostes, that with his power made the earth, with his wi?dome prepayred ye rounde worlde, & with his discrecion spred out the heauens.
American Standard Version
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding hath he stretched out the heavens.
Bible in Basic English
He has made the earth by his power, he has made the world strong in its place by his wisdom, and by his wise design the heavens have been stretched out:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
He that hath made the earth by His power, that hath established the world by His wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by His discernment;
King James Version (1611)
Hee hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisedome, and hath stretched out the heauen by his vnderstanding.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Yea euen the Lorde of hoastes that with his power made the earth, with his wisdome prepared the round world, and with his discretion spread out the heauens.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Then all the men that knew that their wives burned incense, and all the women, a great multitude, and all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathura, answered Jeremias, saying,
English Revised Version
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding hath he stretched out the heavens:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The Lord swoor, which made erthe bi his strengthe, made redy the world bi his wisdom, and stretchide forth heuenes bi his prudence.
Update Bible Version
He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding he has stretched out the heavens:
Webster's Bible Translation
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding.
New King James Version
He has made the earth by His power; He has established the world by His wisdom, And stretched out the heaven by His understanding.
New Living Translation
The Lord made the earth by his power, and he preserves it by his wisdom. With his own understanding he stretched out the heavens.
New Life Bible
He made the earth by His power. He made the world by His wisdom. And by His understanding He spread out the heavens.
New Revised Standard
It is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
He that Made the earth in his might, Established the world in his wisdom, - And in his understanding, stretched out the heavens
Douay-Rheims Bible
He that made the earth by his power, that hath prepared the world by his wisdom, and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.
Revised Standard Version
"It is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.
Young's Literal Translation
The maker of earth by His power, The establisher of the world by His wisdom, Who by His understanding stretched out the heavens,
THE MESSAGE
By his power he made earth. His wisdom gave shape to the world. He crafted the cosmos. He thunders and rain pours down. He sends the clouds soaring. He embellishes the storm with lightnings, launches the wind from his warehouse. Stick-god worshipers look mighty foolish! god-makers embarrassed by their handmade gods! Their gods are frauds, dead sticks— deadwood gods, tasteless jokes. They're nothing but stale smoke. When the smoke clears, they're gone. But the Portion-of-Jacob is the real thing; he put the whole universe together, With special attention to Israel. His name? God -of-the-Angel-Armies!

Contextual Overview

1 The Lord says, "I will cause a destructive wind to blow against Babylon and the people who inhabit Babylonia. 2 I will send people to winnow Babylonia like a wind blowing away chaff. They will winnow her and strip her land bare. This will happen when they come against her from every direction, when it is time to destroy her. 3 Do not give her archers time to string their bows or to put on their coats of armor. Do not spare any of her young men. Completely destroy her whole army. 4 Let them fall slain in the land of Babylonia, mortally wounded in the streets of her cities. 5 "For Israel and Judah will not be forsaken by their God, the Lord who rules over all. For the land of Babylonia is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel. 6 Get out of Babylonia quickly, you foreign people. Flee to save your lives. Do not let yourselves be killed because of her sins. For it is time for the Lord to wreak his revenge. He will pay Babylonia back for what she has done. 7 Babylonia had been a gold cup in the Lord 's hand. She had made the whole world drunk. The nations had drunk from the wine of her wrath. So they have all gone mad. 8 But suddenly Babylonia will fall and be destroyed. Cry out in mourning over it! Get medicine for her wounds! Perhaps she can be healed! 9 Foreigners living there will say, ‘We tried to heal her, but she could not be healed. Let's leave Babylonia and each go back to his own country. For judgment on her will be vast in its proportions. It will be like it is piled up to heaven, stacked up into the clouds.' 10 The exiles from Judah will say, ‘The Lord has brought about a great deliverance for us! Come on, let's go and proclaim in Zion what the Lord our God has done!'

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

hath made: Jeremiah 10:12-16, Jeremiah 32:17, Genesis 1:1-6, Psalms 107:25, Psalms 146:5, Psalms 146:6, Psalms 148:1-5, Isaiah 40:26, Acts 14:15, Acts 17:24, Romans 1:20, Colossians 1:16, Colossians 1:17, Hebrews 1:2, Hebrews 1:3, Revelation 4:11

by his wisdom: Psalms 104:24, Psalms 136:5, Proverbs 3:19, Romans 11:33

and hath: Job 9:8, Psalms 104:2, Isaiah 40:22, Isaiah 42:5, Isaiah 44:24, Isaiah 45:12, Isaiah 48:13, Isaiah 51:13

Reciprocal: Genesis 1:6 - Let there Psalms 29:4 - powerful Isaiah 45:18 - that created Jeremiah 27:5 - made Jeremiah 51:19 - the former Zechariah 12:1 - which

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding. The Targum prefaces the words thus,

"these things saith he who hath made the earth, c.''

The verses Jeremiah 51:16 are the same with Jeremiah 10:12. God is described by his sovereignty, power, and wisdom and the stupidity of men that trust in idols, and the vanity of them, are exposed, to convince the Babylonians that the Lord, who had determined on their destruction, would surely effect it, and that it would not be in the power of their idols to prevent it. Jeremiah 10:12- :.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A transcript of Jeremiah 10:12-16.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 51:15. He hath made the earth by his power — The omnipotence of God is particularly manifested in the works of creation.

He hath established the world by his wisdom — The omniscience of God is particularly seen in the government of תבל tebel, the inhabited surface of the globe. What a profusion of wisdom and skill is apparent in that wondrous system of providence by which he governs and provides for every living thing.

And hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding. — Deep thought, comprehensive design, and consummate skill are especially seen in the formation, magnitudes, distances, revolutions, and various affections of the heavenly bodies.


 
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