Jeremiah 10:12
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
Jeremiah 10:12 in other translations
| BSB | The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding. |
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| WEB | God has made the earth by his power. He has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens. |
| ASV | He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding hath he stretched out the heavens. |
| YLT | The maker of the earth by His power, The establisher of the world by His wisdom, Who, by His understanding, stretched forth the heavens, |
| DARBY | He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his understanding. |
| BBE | He has made the earth by his power, he has made the world strong in its place by his wisdom, and by his wise design the heavens have been stretched out. |
| Webster | He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion. |
What does Jeremiah 10:12 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 10:1-16
The absurdity of idolatry. (Jr 10:1-16) Destruction denounced against Jerusalem. (Jr 10:17-25) Verses 1-16 The prophet shows the glory of Israel's God, and exposes the folly of idolaters. Charms and other attempts to obtain supernatural help, or to pry into futurity, are copied from the wicked customs of the heathen. Let us stand in awe, and not dare provoke God, by giving that glory to another which is due to him…
Jeremiah 10:12 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Jeremiah 10:12
- Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
- Job 9:8
Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
- Proverbs 3:19
The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.
- Isaiah 40:22
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 curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
- John 1:3
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
- Psalms 24:2
For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
- Colossians 1:16
For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
- Zechariah 12:1
The burden of the word of the Lord for Israel, saith the Lord, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
- Isaiah 49:8
Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;
- Psalms 146:5-6
Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God: Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:
- Isaiah 45:18
For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord; and there is none else.
- Psalms 33:6
By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
32:17; 51:15-19; Ge 1:1,6-9; Job 38:4-7; Ps 33:6; 136:5,6
Ps 146:5,6; 148:4,5; Joh 1:3; Col 1:16
established.
Ps 24:2; 78:69; 93:1; 119:90; Pr 3:19; 30:4; Isa 45:18; 49:8
stretched.
Job 9:8; 26:7; Ps 104:2,24; Isa 40:22; 42:5; 44:24; 45:12; 48:13
Zec 12:1
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Context
- Jeremiah 10:11
Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.
- Jeremiah 10:12
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
- Jeremiah 10:13
When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
Jeremiah 10:12 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | El que hizo la tierra con su potencia, el que puso en orden el mundo con su saber, y extendió los cielos con su prudencia; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | C’est lui qui a fait la terre par sa puissance, qui a établi le monde par sa sagesse, et qui, par son intelligence, a étendu les cieux. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Er hat die Erde gemacht durch seine Kraft, den Erdkreis festgestellt durch seine Weisheit und die Himmel ausgespannt durch seine Einsicht. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Qui facit terram in fortitudine sua, præparat orbem in sapientia sua, et prudentia sua extendit cælos: |