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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 10:12 - New American Standard Bible©
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 10:12 |
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. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Continuation of Jer 10:10, after the interruption of the thread of the discourse in Jer 10:11 (Psa 136:5-6). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| 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. |
5 To Him who made the heavens with skill, For His lovingkindness is everlasting;
6 To Him who spread out the earth above the waters, For His lovingkindness is everlasting;
11 Thus you shall say to them, "The gods that did not make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under the heavens."
10 But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and the everlasting King. At His wrath the earth quakes, And the nations cannot endure His indignation.