Jeremiah 10:12

King James Version

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.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He made the earth by his power,established the world by his wisdom,and spread out the heavens by his understanding.

Hebrew Names Version
He has made the eretz by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens:

English Standard Version
It is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.

New American Standard Bible
It is He who made the earth by His power, Who established the world by His wisdom; And by His understanding He has stretched out the heavens.

New Century Version
God made the earth by his power. He used his wisdom to build the world and his understanding to stretch out the skies.

Amplified Bible
God made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom And by His understanding and skill He has stretched out the heavens.

World English Bible
He 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:

Geneva Bible (1587)
He hath made the earth by his power, and established the worlde by his wisedome, and hath stretched out the heauen by his discretion.

Legacy Standard Bible
It is He who made the earth by His power,Who established the world by His wisdom;And by His understanding He has stretched out the heavens.

Berean Standard Bible
God made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.

Contemporary English Version
With your wisdom and power you created the earth and spread out the heavens.

Complete Jewish Bible
God made the earth by his power, established the world by his wisdom spread out the sky by his understanding.

Darby Translation
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.

Easy-to-Read Version
God is the one who used his power and made the earth. He used his wisdom and built the world. With his understanding he stretched the sky over the earth.

George Lamsa Translation
The LORD has made the earth by his power; he has established the world by his wisdom, and has stretched out the heavens by his intelligence.

Good News Translation
The Lord made the earth by his power; by his wisdom he created the world and stretched out the heavens.

Lexham English Bible
He is the maker of the earth by his power, who created the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding he stretched out heaven.

Literal Translation
It is He who made the earth by His power, who established the world by His wisdom, and who stretched out the heavens by His understanding.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But (as for oure God) he made the earth with his power, and with his wisdome hath he fynished the whole compasse of the worlde, with his discrecion hath he spred out the heauens,

American Standard Version
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.

Bible in Basic English
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.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
He that hath made the earth by His power, that hath established the world by His wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by His understanding;

King James Version (1611)
Hee hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisedome, and hath stretched out the heauens by his discretion.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But [as for our God] he made the earth with his power, and with his wisdome doth he order the whole compasse of the worlde, with his discretion hath he spread out the heauens.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
It is the Lord that made the earth by his strength, who set up the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the sky,

English Revised Version
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:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He is God, that makith the erthe in his strengthe, makith redi the world in his wisdom, and stretchith forth heuenes bi his prudence.

Update Bible Version
He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding he has stretched out the heavens:

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

New English Translation
The Lord is the one who by his power made the earth. He is the one who by his wisdom established the world. And by his understanding he spread out the skies.

New King James Version
He has made the earth by His power, He has established the world by His wisdom, And has stretched out the heavens at His discretion.

New Living Translation
But the Lord made the earth by his power, and he preserves it by his wisdom. With his own understanding he stretched out the heavens.

New Life Bible
It is He Who made the earth by His power, and the world by His wisdom. By His understanding He has spread out the heavens.

New Revised Standard
It is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
He that made the earth by his power, That established the world by his wisdom, - And by his understanding stretched out the heavens,

Douay-Rheims Bible
He that maketh the earth by his power, that prepareth the world by his wisdom, and stretcheth out the heavens by his knowledge.

Revised Standard Version
It is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.

Young's Literal Translation
The maker of the earth by His power, The establisher of the world by His wisdom, Who, by His understanding, stretched forth the heavens,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
It is He who made the earth by His power, Who established the world by His wisdom; And by His understanding He has stretched out the heavens.

Contextual Overview

¹ Hear ye the word which the Lord speaketh unto you, O house of Israel: ² Thus saith the Lord , Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. ³ For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. ⁴ They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. ⁵ They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good. ⁶ Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O Lord ; thou art great, and thy name is great in might. ⁷ Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee. ⁸ But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities. ⁹ Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men. ¹⁰ But the Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

hath made: Jeremiah 32:17, Jeremiah 51:15-19, Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:6-9, Job 38:4-7, Psalms 33:6, Psalms 136:5, Psalms 136:6, Psalms 146:5, Psalms 146:6, Psalms 148:4, Psalms 148:5, John 1:3, Colossians 1:16

established: Psalms 24:2, Psalms 78:69, Psalms 93:1, Psalms 119:90, Proverbs 3:19, Proverbs 30:4, Isaiah 45:18, Isaiah 49:8

stretched: Job 9:8, Job 26:7, Psalms 104:2, Psalms 104:24, Isaiah 40:22, Isaiah 42:5, Isaiah 44:24, Isaiah 45:12, Isaiah 48:13, Zechariah 12:1

Reciprocal: Genesis 2:1 - Thus 1 Chronicles 16:26 - the Lord 1 Chronicles 16:30 - stable 2 Chronicles 32:13 - were the gods Nehemiah 9:6 - thou hast Job 12:13 - wisdom Job 36:5 - mighty Job 36:24 - magnify Job 37:16 - perfect Psalms 19:1 - The heavens Psalms 28:5 - operation Psalms 96:5 - For Proverbs 8:27 - he prepared Proverbs 24:3 - it is Isaiah 31:2 - he also Isaiah 40:26 - who hath Isaiah 51:13 - that hath Jeremiah 10:16 - former Jeremiah 27:5 - made Jeremiah 51:16 - he uttereth John 1:10 - and the world was

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He hath made the earth by his power,.... The Targum considers these words as a continuation of the answer of the Jews to the Chaldeans, paraphrasing them thus,

"and so shall ye say unto them, `we worship him who hath made the earth by his power':''

who stands opposed to the gods that made not the heavens and the earth, that had no title to deity, nor right to worship; but the true God has both; and his making the earth out of nothing, and hanging it upon nothing, and preserving it firm and stable, are proofs of his almighty power, and so of his deity; and consequently that he ought to be worshipped, and he only.

He hath established the world by his wisdom; upon the rivers and floods; or he hath poised it in the air; or he hath disposed it in an orderly, regular, and beautiful manner, as the word u used signifies; by making it terraqueous, partly land, and partly water; by opening in it fountains and rivers; by diversifying it with hills and vales, with wood and arable land, c. all which show the wisdom as well as the power of God.

And hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion; as a canopy over the earth, as a tent to dwell in; and which is beautifully bespangled with the luminaries in it; hence it has the name of expanse, or the firmament of heaven.

u מכין "aptavit", Cocceius; "preparans", Schmidt; a כון "aptavit, disposuit", Gussetius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Discretion - Or, understanding. The three attributes ascribed to the Creator are very remarkable. The creation of the earth, the material world, is an act of “power;” the “establishing,” i. e., the ordering and arranging it as a place fit for man’s abode, is the work of his “wisdom;” while the spreading out the heavens over it like a tent is an act of “understanding,” or skill. Naturally, the consideration of these attributes has led many to see here an allusion to the Holy Trinity.