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Isaiah 40

Isa. 40:22 KJV (With Strong’s)

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τIt is he that sitteth
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
upon the circle
chuwg (Hebrew #2329)
a circle
KJV usage: circle, circuit, compass.
Pronounce: khoog
Origin: from 2328
of the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
, and the inhabitants
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
thereof are as grasshoppers
chagab (Hebrew #2284)
a locust
KJV usage: locust.
Pronounce: khaw-gawb'
Origin: of uncertain derivation
; that stretcheth out
natah (Hebrew #5186)
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
KJV usage: + afternoon, apply, bow (down, - ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
Pronounce: naw-taw'
Origin: a primitive root
thet heavens
shamayim (Hebrew #8064)
from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
KJV usage: air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).
Pronounce: shaw-mah'-yim
Origin: dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}
as a curtain
doq (Hebrew #1852)
something crumbling, i.e. fine (as a thin cloth)
KJV usage: curtain.
Pronounce: doke
Origin: from 1854
, and spreadeth them out
mathach (Hebrew #4969)
to stretch out
KJV usage: spread out.
Pronounce: maw-thakh'
Origin: a primitive root
as a tent
'ohel (Hebrew #168)
a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)
KJV usage: covering, (dwelling)(place), home, tabernacle, tent.
Pronounce: o'-hel
Origin: from 166
to dwell in
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
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or, Him that sitteth.
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Job 9:8• 8Spreading out the heavens himself alone,{HR}And treading on the heights of the sea, (Job 9:8)

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Earth,
Grasshopper,
Heaven,
Tent

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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It is he that sitteth.
or, Him that sitteth, etc.
Isa. 19:1• 1The burden of Egypt. (Isa. 19:1)
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Isa. 66:1• 1Thus saith Jehovah, the heavens [are] my throne, and the earth [is] my footstool: what [is] the house that ye will build unto me? and where [is] the place of my rest? (Isa. 66:1)
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Psa. 2:4• 4He who sitteth in the heavens laugheth:{HR}The Lord derideth them. (Psa. 2:4)
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Psa. 29:10• 10Jehovah hath sat upon the flood,{HR}Yea, Jehovah sitteth king forever. (Psa. 29:10)
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Psa. 68:33• 33Him that rideth on the heavens of heavens of old.{HR}Lo, he uttereth his voice, a mighty voice. (Psa. 68:33)
the inhabitants.
Isa. 40:15,17• 15Behold, the nations are counted as a drop from a bucket, and as the fine dust on the balance; behold, he taketh up the isles as an atom.
 17All the nations [are] as nothing before him; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity. (Isa. 40:15,17)
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Num. 13:33• 33And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants, and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight. (Num. 13:33)
stretcheth.
Isa. 42:5• 5Thus saith God Jehovah, he that created the heavens, and stretched them forth; he that spread abroad the earth and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein. (Isa. 42:5)
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Isa. 44:24• 24Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I [am] Jehovah the maker of all [things]; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself; (Isa. 44:24)
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Isa. 51:13• 13and thou hast forgotten Jehovah thy Maker, who stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and thou fearest continually all the day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he maketh ready to destroy? And where [is] the fury of the oppressor? (Isa. 51:13)
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Job 9:8• 8Spreading out the heavens himself alone,{HR}And treading on the heights of the sea, (Job 9:8)
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Job 37:18• 18Dost thou with him spread out the sky,{HR}Firm as a molten mirror? (Job 37:18)
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Job 38:4‑9• 4Where wast thou when I founded the earth?{HR}Declare if thou hast understanding.
 5Who fixed its measure that thou shouldest know,{HR}Or who stretched the line upon it?
 6Whereon are its sockets sunken,{HR}Or who laid down its corner-stone,
 7When the morning stars sang together,{HR}And all the sons of God shouted for joy?
 8And [who] shut up the sea with doors,{HR}When it burst forth — came out of the womb,
 9When I made the cloud its garment,{HR}And thick darkness its swaddling-band, (Job 38:4‑9)
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Psa. 102:25‑26• 25Of old hast thou founded the earth,{HR}And the heavens [are] the work of thy hands.
 26They shall perish, and thou shalt endure;{HR}And all of them as the garment shall wax old;{HR}As the vesture shalt thou change them,{HR}And they shall be changed. (Psa. 102:25‑26)
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Psa. 104:2• 2Wearing light as the robe,{HR}Spreading heavens as the curtains; (Psa. 104:2)
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Jer. 10:12• 12He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his understanding. (Jer. 10:12)
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Zech. 12:1• 1The burden of the word of Jehovah for Israel, saith Jehovah, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him. (Zech. 12:1)
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Heb. 1:10‑12• 10And, Thou in the beginning, Lord, foundedst the earth, and the heavens are works of thy hands.
 11They shall perish, but thou continuest; and they all shall grow old as a garment,
 12and as a covering thou shalt roll them up, and they shall be changed; but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. (Heb. 1:10‑12)
as a curtain.Or, "as a thin veil," as Bp. Lowth renders; which he illustrates by the following passage from Dr. Shaw.
"It is usual in the summer season, and upon all occasions when a large company is to be received, to have the court sheltered from heat, or inclemency of the weather by a {velum,} umbrella, or veil, as I shall call it; which, being expanded on ropes from one end of the parapet to the other, may be folded or unfolded at pleasure.
The Psalmist seems to allude to some covering of this kind, in that beautiful expression of spreading out the heavens as a curtain."
• {v.22-24} how feeble and insignificant are men, who appear but as grasshoppers, and their princes and judges but as nothing and vanity, and as stubble in the face of a whirlwind. (“Isaiah 40:9-45:14” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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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 gauze curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;

W. Kelly Translation

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[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 veila, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:

WK Translation Notes

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Or, curtain.