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Jeremiah 51

Jer. 51:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Hes hath made
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
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
by his power
koach (Hebrew #3581)
from an unused root meaning to be firm; vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
KJV usage: ability, able, chameleon, force, fruits, might, power(-ful), strength, substance, wealth.
Pronounce: ko'-akh
Origin: or (Dan. 11:6) kowach {ko'-akh}
, he hath established
kuwn (Hebrew #3559)
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)
KJV usage: certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-)stablish, stand, tarry, X very deed.
Pronounce: koon
Origin: a primitive root
the world
tebel (Hebrew #8398)
the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a partic. land, as Babylonia, Palestine
KJV usage: habitable part, world.
Pronounce: tay-bale'
Origin: from 2986
by his wisdom
chokmah (Hebrew #2451)
wisdom (in a good sense)
KJV usage: skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.
Pronounce: khok-maw'
Origin: from 2449
, and hath stretchedt 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
the heaven
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'}
by his understanding
tabuwn (Hebrew #8394)
or towbunah {to-boo-naw'}; from 995; intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
KJV usage: discretion, reason, skilfulness, understanding, wisdom.
Pronounce: taw-boon'
Origin: and (feminine) tbuwnah {teb-oo-naw'}
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Gen. 1:1,6• 1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
 6And God said, Let an expanse be in the midst of the waters, and dividing be between waters and waters. (Gen. 1:1,6)
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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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Psa. 104:2• 2Wearing light as the robe,{HR}Spreading heavens as the curtains; (Psa. 104:2)
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Isa. 40:22• 22[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 veil, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: (Isa. 40:22)
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Prov. 3:19• 19Jehovah by wisdom founded the earth;{HR}By understanding he established the heavens. (Prov. 3:19)

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hath made.
Jer. 10:12‑16• 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.
 13When he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the end of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.
 14Every man is become brutish, bereft of knowledge; every founder is put to shame by the graven image, for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
 15They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
 16The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name. (Jer. 10:12‑16)
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Jer. 32:17• 17Ah Lord Jehovah! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee: (Jer. 32:17)
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Gen. 1:1‑6• 1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
 2And the earth was waste and empty, and darkness [was] upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God [was] brooding upon the face of the waters.
 3And God said, Light be: and light was.
 4And God saw the light that [it was] good; and God divided between the light and the darkness.
 5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening, and there was morning, one day.
 6And God said, Let an expanse be in the midst of the waters, and dividing be between waters and waters. (Gen. 1:1‑6)
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Psa. 107:25• 25And he said,{HR}And there arose a tempestuous wind,{HR}Which lifted up its billows. (Psa. 107:25)
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Psa. 146:5‑6• 5Blessed he, whose help [is] Jacob's God ,{HR}Whose hope [is] in Jehovah his God,
 6Who made heavens and earth,{HR}The sea and all that [is] in them;{HR}The keeper of truth forever; (Psa. 146:5‑6)
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Psa. 148:1‑5• 1Praise ye Jah,{HR}Praise Jehovah from the heavens;{HR}Praise him in the heights.
 2Praise him, all his angels;{HR}Praise him, all his hosts.
 3Praise him, sun and moon;{HR}Praise him, all ye stars of light.
 4Praise him, ye heavens of heavens,{HR}And ye waters that [are] above the heavens.
 5Let them praise the name of Jehovah,{HR}For he commanded, and they were created; (Psa. 148:1‑5)
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Isa. 40:26• 26Lift up your eyes on high, and behold. Who hath created these [things], bringing out their host by number? He calleth them all by name; by the greatness of his might, and strength of power, not one faileth. (Isa. 40:26)
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Acts 14:15• 15and saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like affections with you, preaching to you that ye should turn from these vain things unto a living God, who made the heaven and the earth, and the sea and all things in them; (Acts 14:15)
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Acts 17:24• 24The God that made the world and all things therein, he being Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands. (Acts 17:24)
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Rom. 1:20• 20For the invisible things of him from [the] world's creation are perceived, being understood by the works, both his eternal power and Godhead, that they might be inexcusable. (Rom. 1:20)
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Col. 1:16‑17• 16for by him was created the universe, the things in the heavens and those on the earth, the seen and the unseen, whether thrones, or lordships, or principalities, or authorities. The universe has been created through him and for him.
 17He is before all things, and the universe in him subsisteth. (Col. 1:16‑17)
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Heb. 1:2‑3• 2at [the] end of these days spoke to us in a Son, whom he constituted heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
 3who being effulgence of his glory and expression of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, having made [by himself] purification of our sins sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high, (Heb. 1:2‑3)
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Rev. 4:11• 11Thou art worthy, O Lord [and our God], to receive the glory and the honour and the power: for thou createdest all things, and because of thy will they were and were created. (Rev. 4:11)
by his wisdom.
Psa. 104:24• 24How manifold are thy works, O Jehovah!{HR}In wisdom hast thou wrought them all:{HR}The earth is full of thy riches. (Psa. 104:24)
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Psa. 136:5• 5To him that by understanding made the heavens;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever. (Psa. 136:5)
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Prov. 3:19• 19Jehovah by wisdom founded the earth;{HR}By understanding he established the heavens. (Prov. 3:19)
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Rom. 11:33• 33O depth of God's riches and wisdom and knowledge! how unsearchable his judgments and untraceable his ways! (Rom. 11:33)
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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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Psa. 104:2• 2Wearing light as the robe,{HR}Spreading heavens as the curtains; (Psa. 104:2)
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Isa. 40:22• 22[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 veil, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: (Isa. 40:22)
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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. 45:12• 12I 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. (Isa. 45:12)
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Isa. 48:13• 13Yea, my hand hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spread out the heavens: I call unto them, they stand up together. (Isa. 48:13)
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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)

J. N. Darby Translation

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eHe hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his understanding.

JND Translation Notes

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Cf. vers. 15-19 with ch. 10.12-16.

W. Kelly Translation

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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.