Isaiah 40:22
He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to live in.
Cross References
Genesis 1:6
And God said, "Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters."

Numbers 13:33
We even saw the Nephilim there--the descendants of Anak that come from the Nephilim! We seemed like grasshoppers in our own sight, and we must have seemed the same to them!"

Job 9:8
He alone stretches out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea.

Job 22:14
Clouds veil Him so that He cannot see, as He traverses heaven's horizon.'

Job 36:29
Furthermore, who can understand how the clouds spread out, how the thunder roars from His pavilion?

Psalm 18:11
He made darkness His hiding place, and storm clouds a canopy around Him.

Psalm 19:4
their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens He has pitched a tent for the sun

Psalm 104:2
He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,

Proverbs 8:27
I was there when He established the heavens, when He inscribed the horizon on the face of the deep,

Isaiah 37:16
"O LORD of Hosts, God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.

Isaiah 42:5
Thus says God the LORD--He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it--

Isaiah 44:24
Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: "I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by Myself spread out the earth,

Isaiah 51:13
But you have forgotten the LORD, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. You live in terror all day long because of the fury of the oppressor, who is bent on destruction. But where is the fury of the oppressor?

Jeremiah 10:12
God made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

it is he that sitteth.

Isaiah 19:1
This is an oracle concerning Egypt: Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud; He is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the hearts of the Egyptians will melt within them.

Isaiah 66:1
This is what the LORD says: "Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will be My place of repose?

Psalm 2:4
The One enthroned in the heavens laughs; the Lord taunts them.

Psalm 29:10
The LORD sits enthroned over the flood; the LORD is enthroned as King forever.

Psalm 68:33
to Him who rides upon the highest heavens of old; behold, His mighty voice resounds.

the inhabitants

Isaiah 40:15, 17
Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are considered a speck of dust on the scales; He lifts up the islands like fine dust. . . .

Numbers 13:33
We even saw the Nephilim there--the descendants of Anak that come from the Nephilim! We seemed like grasshoppers in our own sight, and we must have seemed the same to them!"

stretcheth

Isaiah 42:5
Thus says God the LORD--He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it--

Isaiah 44:24
Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: "I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by Myself spread out the earth,

Isaiah 51:13
But you have forgotten the LORD, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. You live in terror all day long because of the fury of the oppressor, who is bent on destruction. But where is the fury of the oppressor?

Job 9:8
He alone stretches out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea.

Job 37:18
Can you, like Him, spread out the skies to reflect the heat like a mirror of bronze?

Job 38:4-9
Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding. . . .

Psalm 102:25, 26
In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands. . . .

Psalm 104:2
He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,

Jeremiah 10:12
God made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.

Zechariah 12:1
An oracle of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus declares the LORD, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, who forms the spirit of man within him:

Hebrews 1:10-12
And: "In the beginning, O Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands. . . .

as a curtain.

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