Isaiah 40:26
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
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“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Lift up your eyes on high, and see who hath created these, that bringeth out their host by number; he calleth them all by name; by the greatness of his might, and for that he is strong in power, not one is lacking.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Lift up on high your eyes, And see--who hath prepared these? He who is bringing out by number their host, To all of them by name He calleth, By abundance of strength (And <FI>he is<Fi> strong in power) not one is lacking.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Isaiah 40:26 — 22 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 1:14And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.
- Genesis 2:1Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.
- Deuteronomy 4:19When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.
- Job 31:26if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,
- Psalms 8:3When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—
- Psalms 19:1The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.
- Psalms 66:3Say to God, “How awesome are Your deeds! So great is Your power that Your enemies cower before You.
- Psalms 89:11The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.
- Psalms 102:25In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
- Psalms 119:91Your ordinances stand to this day, for all things are servants to You.
- Psalms 147:4He determines the number of the stars; He calls them each by name.
- Psalms 148:3Praise Him, O sun and moon; praise Him, all you shining stars.
- Isaiah 34:16Search and read the scroll of the LORD: Not one of these will go missing, not one will lack her mate, because He has ordered it by His mouth, and He will gather them by His Spirit.
- Isaiah 42:5This 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:
- Isaiah 44:24Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: “I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by Myself spread out the earth,
- Isaiah 45:7I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.
- Isaiah 45:12It is I who made the earth and created man upon it. It was My hands that stretched out the heavens, and I ordained all their host.
- Isaiah 48:13Surely My own hand founded the earth, and My right hand spread out the heavens; when I summon them, they stand up together.
- Isaiah 51:6Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth below; for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its people will die like gnats. But My salvation will last forever, and My righteousness will never fail.
- Jeremiah 10:11Thus you are to tell them: “These gods, who have made neither the heavens nor the earth, will perish from this earth and from under these heavens.”
- Jeremiah 32:17“Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You!
- Colossians 1:16For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him.
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