Psalms 115:16

14 The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children.

15 Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth.

The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD’s: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.

17 The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.

18 But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the LORD.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

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

    Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:

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  • Psalms 89:11

    The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.

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  • Genesis 1:28–30

    And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

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  • Jeremiah 27:5–6

    I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.

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  • Genesis 9:1–3

    And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

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  • Deuteronomy 32:8

    When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.

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  • Psalms 144:5

    Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

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  • Isaiah 66:1

    Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?

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