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Isaiah 40:22
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Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
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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 curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
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That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
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Verse Text
It is he that sittethH3427 upon the circleH2329 of the earthH776, and the inhabitantsH3427 thereof are as grasshoppersH2284; that stretcheth outH5186 the heavensH8064 as a curtainH1852, and spreadeth them outH4969 as a tentH168 to dwell inH3427:
הַיֹּשֵׁב עַל־חוּג הָאָרֶץ וְיֹשְׁבֶיהָ כַּחֲגָבִים הַנֹּוטֶה כַדֹּק שָׁמַיִם וַיִּמְתָּחֵם כָּאֹהֶל לָשָׁבֶת׃
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Morphology | Gloss |
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הַ/יֹּשֵׁב֙ |
hai./yo.Shev | H3427 | HTd/Vqrmsa | the/ (one who) sits |
עַל |
'al- | H5921 | HR | above |
ח֣וּג |
chug | H2329 | HNcmsc | (the) circle of |
הָ/אָ֔רֶץ |
ha./'A.retz | H776 | HTd/Ncbsa | the/ earth |
וְ/יֹשְׁבֶ֖י/הָ |
ve./yo.she.Vei./ha | H3427 | HC/Vqrmpc/Sp3fs | and/ inhabitants/ its |
כַּ/חֲגָבִ֑ים |
ka./cha.ga.Vim | H2284 | HR/Ncmpa | (are) like/ grasshoppers |
הַ/נּוֹטֶ֤ה |
ha./no.Teh | H5186 | HTd/Vqrmsa | the/ (one who) stretched out |
כַ/דֹּק֙ |
kha./Dok | H1852 | HRd/Ncmsa | like (the)/ curtain |
שָׁמַ֔יִם |
sha.Ma.yim | H8064 | HNcmpa | (the) heavens |
וַ/יִּמְתָּחֵ֥/ם |
va/i.yim.ta.Che/m | H4969 | HC/Vqw3ms/Sp3mp | and/ he spread out/ them |
כָּ/אֹ֖הֶל |
ka./'O.hel | H168 | HRd/Ncmsa | like (the)/ tent |
לָ/שָֽׁבֶת |
la./Sha.vet | H3427 | HR/Vqc | to/ dwell in |
- H168 — אֹהֶל (ʼôhel, o'-hel): from אָהַל; a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance); covering, (dwelling) (place), home, tabernacle, tent.
- H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
- H1852 — דֹּק (dôq, doke): from דָּקַק; something crumbling, i.e. fine (as a thin cloth); curtain.
- H2284 — חָגָב (châgâb, khaw-gawb'): of uncertain derivation; a locust; locust.
- H2329 — חוּג (chûwg, khoog): from חוּג; a circle; circle, circuit, compass.
- H3427 — יָשַׁב (yâshab, yaw-shab'): a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry; (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
- H4969 — מָתַח (mâthach, maw-thakh'): a primitive root; to stretch out; spread out.
- H5186 — נָטָה (nâṭâh, naw-taw'): a primitive root; to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application; [phrase] 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.
- H8064 — שָׁמַיִם (shâmayim, shaw-mah'-yim): dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה; 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); air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).
The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:
- H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.
Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)
- It is he that sitteth — Psalms 2:4, Psalms 29:10, Psalms 68:33, Isaiah 19:1, Isaiah 66:1
- stretcheth — Job 9:8, Job 37:18, Job 38:4-9, Psalms 102:25-26, Psalms 104:2, Isaiah 42:5, Isaiah 44:24, Isaiah 51:13, Jeremiah 10:12, Zechariah 12:1, Hebrews 1:10-12
- the inhabitants — Numbers 13:33, Isaiah 40:15, Isaiah 40:17
Reciprocal references (16): Job 21:22, Job 26:7, Job 35:5, Job 37:5, Job 37:16, Job 38:5, Psalms 19:1, Psalms 113:4, Psalms 135:5, Psalms 136:6, Proverbs 8:27, Isaiah 43:10, Isaiah 45:12, Isaiah 48:13, Jeremiah 51:15, Daniel 4:35
Related Topics
- Thompson Chain: AGRICULTURE-HORTICULTURE, HEAVENS, THE NATURAL, MAN
- Torrey’s: TENTS
- Nave’s: ASTRONOMY, CURTAINS, EARTH, GOD, GRASSHOPPER, HEAVEN, IDOLATRY, READINGS, SELECT
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