Psalms 115:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth He has given to mankind.”
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“The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth He has given to mankind.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord’s: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.”
King James Version · Public Domain“The heavens are the heavens of Jehovah; But the earth hath he given to the children of men.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“The heavens--the heavens <FI>are<Fi> Jehovah's, And the earth He hath given to sons of men,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 115:16 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 1:28God 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.”
- Genesis 9:1And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
- Deuteronomy 10:14Behold, to the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, and the earth and everything in it.
- Deuteronomy 32:8When 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.
- Psalms 8:6You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:
- Psalms 89:11The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.
- Psalms 89:12North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.
- Psalms 144:5Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke.
- Psalms 148:4Praise Him, O highest heavens, and you waters above the skies.
- Isaiah 45:18For 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.
- Isaiah 66:1This 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?
- Jeremiah 27:5By 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.
- Lamentations 3:66You will pursue them in anger and exterminate them from under Your heavens, O LORD.
- John 14:2In My Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?
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