Jeremiah 10:12
Good News Translation
The LORD made the earth by his power; by his wisdom he created the world and stretched out the heavens.

New 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.

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

New American Bible
The one who made the earth by his power, established the world by his wisdom, and by his skill 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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

hath made.

Jeremiah 32:17 Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God, behold thou hast made heaven and earth by thy great power, and thy stretched out arm: no word shall be hard to thee:

Jeremiah 51:15-19 He that made the earth by his power, that hath prepared the world by his wisdom, and stretched out the heavens by his understanding. . . .

Genesis 1:1,6-9 In the beginning God created heaven, and earth. . . .

Job 38:4-7 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? tell me if thou hast understanding. . . .

Psalm 33:6 By the word of the Lord the heavens were established; and all the power of them by the spirit of his mouth:

Psalm 136:5,6 Who made the heavens in understanding: for his mercy endureth for ever. . . .

Psalm 146:5,6 Blessed is he who hath the God of Jacob for his helper, whose hope is in the Lord his God: . . .

Psalm 148:4,5 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens: and let all the waters that are above the heavens . . .

John 1:3 All things were made by him: and without him was made nothing that was made.

Colossians 1:16 For in him were all things created in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, or dominations, or principalities, or powers. All things were created by him and in him.

established.

Psalm 24:2 For he hath founded it upon the seas; and hath prepared it upon the rivers.

Psalm 78:69 And he built his sanctuary as of unicorns, in the land which he founded for ever.

Psalm 93:1 The Lord hath reigned, he is clothed with beauty: the Lord is clothed with strength, and hath girded himself. For he hath established the world which shall not be moved.

Psalm 119:90 Thy truth unto all generations: thou hast founded the earth, and it continueth.

Proverbs 3:19 By his wisdom the depths have broken out, and the clouds grow thick with dew.

Proverbs 30:4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, and descended? who hath held the wind in his hands? who hath bound up the waters together as in a garment? who hath raised up all the borders of the earth? what is his name, and what is the name of his son, if thou knowest?

Isaiah 45:18 For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens, God himself that formed the earth, and made it, the very maker thereof: he did not create it in vain: he formed it to be inhabited. I am the Lord, and there is no other.

Isaiah 49:8 Thus saith the Lord: In an acceptable time I have heard thee, and in the day of salvation I have helped thee: and I have preserved thee, and given thee to be a covenant of the people, that thou mightest raise up the earth, and possess the inheritances that were destroyed:

stretched.

Job 9:8 Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and walketh upon the waves of the sea.

Job 26:7 He stretched out the north over the empty space, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.

Psalm 104:2,24 And art clothed with light as with a garment. Who stretchest out the heaven like a pavilion: . . .

Isaiah 40:22 It is he that sitteth upon the globe of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as locusts: he that stretcheth out the heavens as nothing, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in.

Isaiah 42:5 Thus saith the Lord God that created the heavens, and stretched them out: that established the earth, and the things that spring out of it: that giveth breath to the people upon it, and spirit to them that tread thereon.

Isaiah 44:24 Thus saith the Lord thy redeemer, and thy maker, from the womb: I am the Lord, that make all things, that alone stretch out the heavens, that established the earth, and there is none with me.

Isaiah 45:12 I made the earth: and I created man upon it: my hand stretched forth the heavens, and I have commanded all their host.

Isaiah 48:13 My hand also hath founded the earth, and my right hand hath measured the heavens: I shall call them, and they shall stand together.

Zechariah 12:1 The burden of the word of the Lord upon Israel. Thus saith the Lord, who stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundations of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man in him:

Context
The Sovereignty of God
11Thus then shall you say to them: The gods that have not made heaven and earth, let them perish from the earth, and from among those places that are under heaven. 12He that maketh the earth by his power, that prepareth the world by his wisdom, and stretcheth out the heavens by his knowledge.13At his voice he giveth a multitude of waters in the heaven, and lifteth up the clouds from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings for rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.…
Cross References
Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created heaven, and earth.

Genesis 1:6
And God said: Let there be a firmament made amidst the waters: and let it divide the waters from the waters.

Genesis 2:5
And every plant of the field before it sprung up in the earth, and every herb of the ground before it grew: for the Lord God had not rained upon the earth; and there was not a man to till the earth.

Job 9:8
Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and walketh upon the waves of the sea.

Job 37:18
Thou perhaps hast made the heavens with him, which are most strong, as if they were of molten brass.

Job 38:4
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? tell me if thou hast understanding.

Psalm 78:69
And he built his sanctuary as of unicorns, in the land which he founded for ever.

Psalm 104:24
How great are thy works, O Lord ? thou hast made all things in wisdom: the earth is filled with thy riches.

Psalm 136:5
Who made the heavens in understanding: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Psalm 136:6
Who established the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Psalm 148:4
Praise him, ye heavens of heavens: and let all the waters that are above the heavens

Psalm 148:5
Praise the name of the Lord. For he spoke, and they were made: he commanded, and they were created.

Isaiah 37:16
Lord of hosts, God of Israel who sitteth upon the cherubims, thou alone art the God of all the kingdoms of the earth, thou hast made heaven and earth.

Isaiah 40:22
It is he that sitteth upon the globe of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as locusts: he that stretcheth out the heavens as nothing, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in.

Isaiah 45:18
For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens, God himself that formed the earth, and made it, the very maker thereof: he did not create it in vain: he formed it to be inhabited. I am the Lord, and there is no other.

Jeremiah 10:16
The portion of Jacob is not like these: for it is he who formed all things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the Lord of hosts is his name.

Jeremiah 27:5
I made the earth, and the men and the beasts that are upon the face of the earth, by my great power, and by my stretched out arm: and I have given it to whom it seemed good in my eyes.

Jeremiah 51:15
He that made the earth by his power, that hath prepared the world by his wisdom, and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.

Jeremiah 51:19
The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he that made all things he it is, and Israel is the sceptre of his inheritance: the Lord of hosts is his name.

Jeremiah 10:11
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