Jeremiah 10:12
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New International Version (©2011)
But God made the earth by his power; he founded the world by his wisdom and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.

New Living Translation (©2007)
But God made the earth by his power, and he preserves it by his wisdom. With his own understanding he stretched out the heavens.

English Standard Version (©2001)
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 (©1995)
It is He who made the earth by His power, Who established the world by His wisdom; And by His understanding He has stretched out the heavens.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
He made the earth by His power, established the world by His wisdom, and spread out the heavens by His understanding.

International Standard Version (©2012)
The LORD is the one who made the world by his power, who established the earth by his wisdom and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.

NET Bible (©2006)
The LORD is the one who by his power made the earth. He is the one who by his wisdom established the world. And by his understanding he spread out the skies.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The LORD made the earth by his power. He set up the world by his skill. He stretched out the world by his understanding.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and has stretched out the heavens at his discretion.

American King James Version
He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and has stretched out the heavens by his discretion.

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:

Douay-Rheims Bible
He that maketh the earth by his power, that prepareth the world by his wisdom, and stretcheth out the heavens by his knowledge.

Darby Bible 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.

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:

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 heavens by his discretion.

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:

Young's Literal Translation
The maker of the earth by His power, The establisher of the world by His wisdom, Who, by His understanding, stretched forth the heavens,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

10:1-16 The prophet shows the glory of Israel's God, and exposes the folly of idolaters. Charms and other attempts to obtain supernatural help, or to pry into futurity, are copied from the wicked customs of the heathen. Let us stand in awe, and not dare provoke God, by giving that glory to another which is due to him alone. He is ready to forgive, and save all who repent and believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ. Faith learns these blessed truths from the word of God; but all knowledge not from that source, leads to doctrines of vanity.

Pulpit Commentary

Verses 12-16. - Repeated with a slight variation in Jeremiah 51:15-19. Verse 12. - He hath made the earth, etc. (comp. the frequent references to the Divine creatorship in the latter part of Isaiah (Isaiah 40:22; Isaiah 42:5; Isaiah 44:24; Isaiah 45:12, 18; Isaiah 51:13). By his discretion; rather, by his understanding.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He hath made the earth by his power,.... The Targum considers these words as a continuation of the answer of the Jews to the Chaldeans, paraphrasing them thus,

"and so shall ye say unto them, `we worship him who hath made the earth by his power':''

who stands opposed to the gods that made not the heavens and the earth, that had no title to deity, nor right to worship; but the true God has both; and his making the earth out of nothing, and hanging it upon nothing, and preserving it firm and stable, are proofs of his almighty power, and so of his deity; and consequently that he ought to be worshipped, and he only.

He hath established the world by his wisdom; upon the rivers and floods; or he hath poised it in the air; or he hath disposed it in an orderly, regular, and beautiful manner, as the word (u) used signifies; by making it terraqueous, partly land, and partly water; by opening in it fountains and rivers; by diversifying it with hills and vales, with wood and arable land, &c.; all which show the wisdom as well as the power of God.

And hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion; as a canopy over the earth, as a tent to dwell in; and which is beautifully bespangled with the luminaries in it; hence it has the name of expanse, or the firmament of heaven.

(u) "aptavit", Cocceius; "preparans", Schmidt; a "aptavit, disposuit", Gussetius.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

12. Continuation of Jer 10:10, after the interruption of the thread of the discourse in Jer 10:11 (Ps 136:5, 6).

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The Sovereignty of God
…11Thus shall you say to them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens. 12He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and has stretched out the heavens by his discretion. 13When he utters his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightning with rain, and brings forth the wind out of his treasures. …

Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis 1:6 And God said, "Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water."
Genesis 2:5 Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth and no plant had yet sprung up, for the LORD God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no one to work the ground,
Job 9:8 He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.
Job 37:18 can you join him in spreading out the skies, hard as a mirror of cast bronze?
Job 38:4 "Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation? Tell me, if you understand.
Psalm 78:69 He built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth that he established forever.
Psalm 104:24 How many are your works, LORD! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.
Psalm 136:5 who by his understanding made the heavens, His love endures forever.
Psalm 136:6 who spread out the earth upon the waters, His love endures forever.
Psalm 148:4 Praise him, you highest heavens and you waters above the skies.
Psalm 148:5 Let them praise the name of the LORD, for at his command they were created,