Isaiah 45:12

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“It is I who made the earth and created man upon it. It was My hands that stretched out the heavens, and I ordained all their host.”

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BSBPD

“It is I who made the earth and created man upon it. It was My hands that stretched out the heavens, and I ordained all their host.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“I 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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“I 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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“I made earth, and man on it prepared, I--My hands stretched out the heavens, And all their host I have commanded.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 45:12 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 1:26Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”
  2. Genesis 2:1Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.
  3. Nehemiah 9:6You alone are the LORD. You created the heavens, the highest heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all things, and the host of heaven worships You.
  4. Psalms 102:25In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
  5. Isaiah 40:12Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance?
  6. Isaiah 40:22He 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 dwell in.
  7. Isaiah 40:26Lift up your eyes on high: Who created all these? He leads forth the starry host by number; He calls each one by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.
  8. Isaiah 40:28Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out.
  9. Isaiah 42:5This is what God the LORD says— 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:
  10. Isaiah 44:24Thus 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,
  11. Isaiah 45:18For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens—He is God; He formed the earth and fashioned it; He established it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited: “I am the LORD, and there is no other.
  12. Jeremiah 27:5By My great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth and the men and beasts on the face of it, and I give it to whom I please.
  13. Jeremiah 32:17“Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You!
  14. Zechariah 12:1This is the burden 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:
  15. Hebrews 11:3By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

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