ISA 40:22 Parallel Verse View

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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; )

BrTr 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:

ULT He is sitting above the circle of the earth,
⇔ and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers.
⇔ He stretches out the heavens like a curtain
⇔ and spreads them out like a tent to live in.

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

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.

WEBBE 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,

WMBB (Same as above)

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.

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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.

Drby [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:

Wbstr It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:

KJB-1769 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:[fn]

40.22 It is…: or, Him that

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]It is he that sitteth vpon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grashoppers; that stretcheth out the heauens as a curtaine, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwel in:
(It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grashoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtaine, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:)

40:22 Or, him that sitteth, &c.

40:22 Psa.104.2.

Bshps 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 covering, he stretcheth them out as a tent to dwell in.)

Gnva 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. )

Cvdl 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 heavens as a coveringe, 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 dwellers thereof been as locustis; which stretchith forth heavens as nought/nothing, and spredith abrood those as a tabernacle to dwelle.)

Luth 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;
(He sits above to_him Kreis the/of_the earth; and the on_it reside, are like Heuschrecken. The the heaven ausdehnet like a dünn Fell and breitet they/she/them out_of like one Hütte, there man inside lives;)

ClVg Qui sedet super gyrum terræ, et habitatores ejus sunt quasi locustæ; qui extendit velut nihilum cælos, et expandit eos sicut tabernaculum ad inhabitandum;[fn]
(Who sedet over gyrum terræ, and habitatores his are as_if locustæ; who extendit velut nihilum cælos, and expandit them like tabernaculum to inhabitandum; )

40.22 Super gyrum. Hinc nonnulli terram quasi punctum et globum esse contendunt. Quasi locustæ. In ejus comparatione, vel considerata terræ magnitudine. Tabernaculum. Hinc quoque in similitudinem sphæræ cœlum esse contendunt, et ejus hemisphærium terris imminere.

40.22 Super gyrum. Hinc nonnulli the_earth/land as_if punctum and globum esse contendunt. Quasi locustæ. In his comparatione, or considerata terræ magnitudine. Tabernaculum. Hinc too in similitudinem sphæræ cœlum esse contendunt, and his hemisphærium terris imminere.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) He is the one who sits above the horizon of the earth

(Some words not found in UHB: the,sits on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in circle the=earth/land and,inhabitants,its like,grasshoppers the,stretches_out like_the,curtain heavens and,spreads_~_out,them like_a,tent to,live )

The prophet speaks of Yahweh ruling the earth as if Yahweh were seated on a throne above the earth.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

(Occurrence 0) the inhabitants are like grasshoppers before him

The prophet compares the way Yahweh considers humans to the way humans would consider grasshoppers. Just as grasshoppers are small to humans, humans are small and weak before God.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

(Occurrence 0) He stretches out the heavens like a curtain and spreads them out as a tent to live in

These two lines share similar meanings. The prophet speaks of Yahweh creating the heavens as if he had erected a tent in which to live. Alternate translation: “He spreads out the heavens as easily as a person would stretch out a curtain or erect a tent in which to live” (See also: figs-simile)

Parallel ISA 40:22