Isaiah 48:13
11 For My own sake, My very own sake, I will act; for how can I let Myself be defamed? I will not yield My glory to another.
12 Listen to Me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I have called: I am He; I am the first, and I am the last.
Surely My own hand founded the earth, and My right hand spread out the heavens; when I summon them, they stand up together.
14 Come together, all of you, and listen: Which of the idols has foretold these things? The LORD’s chosen ally will carry out His desire against Babylon, and His arm will be against the Chaldeans.
15 I, even I, have spoken; yes, I have called him. I have brought him, and he will succeed in his mission.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Surely My own hand founded the earth, and My right hand spread out the heavens; when I summon them, they stand up together.
- KJV
- Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.
- WEB
- Yes, my hand has laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand has spread out the heavens. when I call to them, they stand up together.
- ASV
- Yea, my hand hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spread out the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.
- DARBY
- Yea, my hand hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spread abroad the heavens: I call unto them, they stand up together.
- BLB
- Surely My own hand founded the earth, and My right hand spread out the heavens; I call to them; they stand up together.
- ÅB
- Min hånd har også grunnfestet jorden, og min høyre hånd har utspent himmelen; jeg kaller på dem, da står de der begge.
- OTB
- Min egen hånd la jordens grunnvoller, og Min høyre hånd bredte ut himlene; når Jeg kaller på dem, reiser de seg sammen.
- B1930
- Min hånd har også grunnfestet jorden, og min høire hånd har utspent himmelen; jeg kaller på dem, da står de der begge.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 102:25
In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
Read in contextHebrews 1:10–12
And: “In the beginning, O Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
Read in contextExodus 20:11
For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.
Read in contextIsaiah 45:18
For 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.
Read in contextIsaiah 40:26
Lift 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.
Read in contextIsaiah 42:5
This 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:
Read in contextPsalms 119:89–91
Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens.
Read in contextIsaiah 40:12
Who 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?
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