Psalms 115:16
14 May the LORD give you increase, both you and your children.
15 May you be blessed by the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth He has given to mankind.
17 It is not the dead who praise the LORD, nor any who descend into silence.
18 But it is we who will bless the LORD, both now and forevermore. Hallelujah!
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- BSB
- The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth He has given to mankind.
- KJV
- The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD’s: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
- WEB
- The heavens are the LORD’s heavens, but he has given the earth to the children of men.
- ASV
- The heavens are the heavens of Jehovah; But the earth hath he given to the children of men.
- DARBY
- The heavens are the heavens of Jehovah, but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
- BLB
- The heavens of the heavens [are] unto YHWH, and the earth He has given to the sons of man.
- ÅB
- Himmelen er Herrens himmel, men jorden har han gitt menneskenes barn.
- OTB
- Himmelen tilhører Herren,
men jorden har Han gitt til menneskene. - B1930
- Himmelen er Herrens himmel, men jorden har han gitt menneskenes barn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 8:6
You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:
Read in contextPsalms 89:11
The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.
Read in contextGenesis 1:28–30
God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”
Read in contextJeremiah 27:5–6
By 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.
Read in contextGenesis 9:1–3
And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 32:8
When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.
Read in contextPsalms 144:5
Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke.
Read in contextIsaiah 66:1
This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be?
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