Parallel ISA 40:22

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BSB 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 dwell in.

OEB It is he who sits throned on the vault of the earth,
⇔ so high that the dwellers thereon are like locusts;
 ⇔ who stretches the heavens across like a veil,
⇔ and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.

WEB It is he who sits above the circle of the earth,
⇔ and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers;
⇔ who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,
⇔ and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in,

NET He is the one who sits on the earth’s horizon;
 ⇔ its inhabitants are like grasshoppers before him.
 ⇔ He is the one who stretches out the sky like a thin curtain,
 ⇔ and spreads it out like a pitched tent.

LSV He who is sitting on the circle of the earth,
And its inhabitants [are] as grasshoppers,
He who is stretching out the heavens as a thin thing,
And spreads them as a tent to dwell in.

FBV God sits on his throne above the horizon of the earth; the people that live there are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, spreading them out like a tent to live in.

T4T God sits on his throne above the earth,
⇔ and the people on the earth below seem to be as small as [SIM] grasshoppers.
 ⇔ He spreads out the sky like a curtain;
⇔ it is like [SIM] a tent for him to live in.

LEB  • He is the one who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; •  the one who stretches out the heavens like a veil •  and spreads them out like a tent to live in,

BBE It is he who is seated over the arch of the earth, and the people in it are as small as locusts; by him the heavens are stretched out like an arch, and made ready like a tent for a living-place.

MOF No MOF ISA book available

JPS It is He that sitteth above 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;

ASV It is he that sitteth above 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;

DRA It is he that sitteth upon the globe of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as locusts: he that stretcheth out the heavens as nothing, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in.

YLT He who is sitting on the circle of the earth, And its inhabitants [are] as grasshoppers, He who is stretching out as a thin thing the heavens, And spreadeth them as a tent to dwell in.

DBY [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;

RV 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:

WBS 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:

KJB 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:

BB It is he that sitteth vpon the circle of the world, whose inhabiters are in comparison of him but as grashoppers: he spreadeth out the heauens as a couering, he stretcheth them out as a tent to dwell in.
  (It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the world, whose inhabiters are in comparison of him but as grashoppers: he spreadeth out the heavens as a couering, he stretcheth them out as a tent to dwell in.)

GNV He sitteth vpon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grashoppers, hee stretcheth out ye heauens, as a curtaine, and spreadeth them out, as a tent to dwell in.
  (He sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grashoppers, he stretcheth out ye/you_all heavens, as a curtaine, and spreadeth them out, as a tent to dwell in.)

CB That he sytteth vpon the Circle of the worlde, and that all the inhabitours of the worlde are in coparison of him, but as greshoppers: That he spredeth out the heaues as a coueringe, that he stretcheth them out, as. a tent to dwell in:
  (That he sytteth upon the Circle of the world, and that all the inhabitours of the world are in coparison of him, but as greshoppers: That he spredeth out the heaues as a coueringe, that he stretcheth them out, as. a tent to dwell in:)

WYC Which sittith on the cumpas of erthe, and the dwelleris therof ben as locustis; which stretchith forth heuenes as nouyt, and spredith abrood tho as a tabernacle to dwelle.
  (Which sittith on the cumpas of earth, and the dwelleris therof been as locustis; which stretchith forth heavens as nought/nothing, and spredith abrood tho as a tabernacle to dwelle.)

LUT Er sitzt über dem Kreis der Erde; und die darauf wohnen, sind wie Heuschrecken. Der den Himmel ausdehnet wie ein dünn Fell und breitet sie aus wie eine Hütte, da man innen wohnet;
  (Er sits above to_him Kreis the earth; and the darauf wohnen, are like Heuschrecken. The the heaven ausdehnet like a dünn Fell and breitet they/she/them out of like one Hütte, there man innen wohnet;)

CLV Qui sedet super gyrum terræ, et habitatores ejus sunt quasi locustæ; qui extendit velut nihilum cælos, et expandit eos sicut tabernaculum ad inhabitandum;
  (Qui sedet super gyrum terræ, and habitatores eyus are as_if locustæ; who extendit velut nihilum cælos, and expandit them sicut tabernaculum to inhabitandum;)

BRN It is he that comprehends the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants in it are as grasshoppers; he that set up the heaven as a chamber, and stretched it out as a tent to dwell in:

BrLXX Ὁ κατέχων τὸν γῦρον τῆς γῆς, καὶ οἱ ἐνοικοῦντες ἐν αὐτῇ ὡς ἀκρίδες· ὁ στήσας ὡς καμάραν τὸν οὐρανὸν, καὶ διατείνας ὡς σκηνὴν κατοικεῖν·
  (Ho kateⱪōn ton guron taʸs gaʸs, kai hoi enoikountes en autaʸ hōs akrides; ho staʸsas hōs kamaran ton ouranon, kai diateinas hōs skaʸnaʸn katoikein;)