Isaiah 40:22

84 translations of 93 that include the Old Testament

American Standard Version (1901)

It is he that sitteth above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;

ASV Byzantine Text

It is he that sitteth above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;

Asang Khongca Bible

Anih loe long amhaehaih ranui koekah anghnut, anih mah loe long kaminawk to pakhuhnawk baktiah ni poek, vannawk to kahni baktiah a payuengh moe, ohhaih im baktiah amyuegsak;

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Diklai kueluek soah aka ngol tih tangku bangla kho aka sa, vaan te tihil bangla aka cuet, khosa ham dap bangla aka yaai pah la om.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Diklai kueluek soah aka ngol tih tangku bangla kho aka sa, vaan te tihil bangla aka cuet, khosa ham dap bangla aka yaai pah la om.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Oia no ke noho ma ka poai o ka honua, A ua like hoi kolaila poe e noho ana me na uhini; Nana no e hoopalahalaha aku na lani me he paku la, A hohola no hoi lakou me he hale lole la, kahi e noho ai.

English Berean Standard Bible

He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Moun ki fè l' la chita anwo nèt, anlè tè a, depase syèl la. Moun ki sou latè, se tankou foumi yo ye devan l'. Li deploye syèl la tankou yon rido. Li louvri syèl la tankou yon tant kote pou moun rete.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Qui sedet super gyrum terræ, et habitatores ejus sunt quasi locustæ; qui extendit velut nihilum cælos, et expandit eos sicut tabernaculum ad inhabitandum;

Bible in Basic English

It is he who is seated over the arch of the earth, and the people in it are as small as locusts; by him the heavens are stretched out like an arch, and made ready like a tent for a living-place.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Lui, qui est assis au-dessus du cercle de la terre, et ses habitants sont comme des sauterelles, – qui étend les cieux comme une toile légère, et qui les déploie comme une tente pour y habiter ;

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Ten, kterýž sedí nad okršlkem země, jejížto obyvatelé jako kobylky, kterýž rozprostřel jako kortýnu nebesa, a roztáhl je jako stánek k přebývání,

Kosraean Bible

Orekla sin El su muta fin tron lal Lucng liki faclu ac yen loessula liki yen engyeng uh; Liyeyuk mwet ten uh oana mak na srisrik. El asroelik yen engyeng uh oana sie mwe lisrlisr, Oana sie lohm nuknuk mwet uh in muta loac.

World Portuguese Bible

É ele quem se assenta sobre o círculo da terra, e os seus habitantes são como gafanhotos; quem estende os céus como uma cortina, e os desenrola como uma tenda para nela habitar,

Romanian BTF Bible

El este cel ce şade pe rotocolul pământului şi locuitorii acestuia sunt ca greieri; el este cel ce întinde cerurile ca pe o perdea şi le întinde ca pe un cort de locuit,

Brenton English Septuagint

It is he that comprehends the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants in it are as grasshoppers; he that set up the heaven as a chamber, and stretched it out as a tent to dwell in:

Burmese Common Language Bible

ကမ္ဘာမြေကြီးကိုဖြစ်ပေါ်စေသူကား မြေကြီးနှင့်မိုးကောင်းကင်၏အထက်၌ရှိသော ပလ္လင်တော်ပေါ်တွင်စံပယ်တော်မူသောအရှင် ပေတည်း။ အောက်မြေကြီးပေါ်ရှိလူတို့သည်ကား ပုရွက်ဆိတ်များကဲ့သို့သေးငယ်သည်ဟု ထင်မှတ်ရပေသည်။ ကိုယ်တော်သည်မိုးကောင်းကင်ကို မျက်နှာကြက်ကဲ့သို့လည်းကောင်း၊ လူတို့နေထိုင်ရာတဲကဲ့သို့လည်းကောင်း ဖြန့်တော်မူ၏။

Darby Translation

[It is] he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a gauze curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Er ist es, der da thront über dem Kreise der Erde, und ihre Bewohner sind wie Heuschrecken; der die Himmel ausgespannt hat wie einen Flor und sie ausgebreitet wie ein Zelt zum Wohnen;

Dutch Bible 1917

Hij is het, Die daar zit boven den kloot der aarde, en derzelver inwoners zijn als sprinkhanen; Hij is het, Die de hemelen uitspant als een dunnen doek, en breidt ze uit als een tent, om te bewonen;

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Hij troont op het gewelf van de aarde, Zodat haar bewoners als sprinkhanen zijn; Hij spreidt de hemelen uit als een tentdoek, En spant ze als een tent, waarin men gaat wonen!

Italian Diodati Bible

Egli è quel che siede sopra il globo della terra, ed a cui gli abitanti di essa sono come locuste; che stende i cieli come una tela, e li tende come una tenda da abitare ;

Douay-Rheims 1899

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

He sitteth vpon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grashoppers, hee stretcheth out ye heauens, as a curtaine, and spreadeth them out, as a tent to dwell in.

Noyes Bible

It is He that sitteth above the circle of the earth, And the inhabitants are to him as grasshoppers; That stretcheth out the heavens as a canopy, And spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;

Danish Bible 1931

Han troner over Jordens Kreds, som Græshopper er dens Beboere; han udbreder Himlen som en Dug og spænder den ud som et Teltbo.

Leeser Tanakh

[It is he] that dwelleth above the circle of the earth, while its inhabitants are as grasshoppers; that stretched out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;

JPS TaNaKH 1917

It is He that sitteth above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;

King James Version

It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:

King James Version + Apocrypha

It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Aáy là Đấng ngự trên vòng trái đất nầy, các dân cư trên đất như cào cào vậy. Chính Ngài là Đấng giương các từng trời ra như cái màn, và giương ra như trại để ở.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, And the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; That stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, And spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:

Revised West Version

Ko ia ia ʻoku ʻafio ʻi he takatakai ʻo māmani, pea ko e kakai ʻoku nofo ai ʻoku tatau kiate ia mo e fanga heʻe; ko ia ia ʻoku ne fofola ʻae ngaahi langi ʻo hangē ko e puipui, pea folahi ia ʻo hangē ko e fale fehikitaki ke nofo ai:

French Ostervald Bible

C'est lui qui est assis au-dessus du globe de la terre, et ceux qui l'habitent sont comme des sauterelles; c'est lui qui étend les cieux comme un voile, et les déploie comme une tente pour y habiter;

Esperanto Bible

Li sidas super la rondo de la tero, kaj ĝiaj loĝantoj estas kiel lokustoj; Li etendas la ĉielon kiel maldikan teksaĵon kaj distiras ĝin kiel tendon por loĝado;

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

C’est lui qui est assis au-dessus du cercle de la terre, Et ceux qui l’habitent sont comme des sauterelles; Il étend les cieux comme une étoffe légère, Il les déploie comme une tente, pour en faire sa demeure.

German Luther Bible 1912

Er sitzt auf dem Kreis der Erde, und die darauf wohnen, sind wie Heuschrecken; der den Himmel ausdehnt wie ein dünnes Fell und breitet ihn aus wie eine Hütte, darin man wohnt;

LXX2012 U. S. English

It is he that comprehends the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants in it are as grasshoppers; he that set up the heaven as a chamber, and stretched it out as a tent to dwell in:

British English Septuagint 2012

It is he that comprehends the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants in it are as grasshoppers; he that set up the heaven as a chamber, and stretched it out as a tent to dwell in:

Majority Standard BIble

He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.

Webster Bible

It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:

Revised Version

It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:

Italian Riveduta Bible

Egli è colui che sta assiso sul globo della terra, e gli abitanti d’essa son per lui come locuste; egli distese i cieli come una cortina, e li spiega come una tenda per abitarvi;

French Free Holy Bible for the World

C'est lui qui siège au-dessus du cercle de la terre, et ses habitants sont comme des sauterelles ; il déploie les cieux comme une étoffe légère, et les tend comme une tente pour y habiter ;

Reina Valera 1909

El está asentado sobre el globo de la tierra, cuyos moradores son como langostas: él extiende los cielos como una cortina, tiéndelos como una tienda para morar:

Spanish BLL

Dios se sienta sobre el círculo de la tierra, y sus habitantes parecen saltamontes. Él despliega los cielos como un velo y los extiende como una tienda para vivir.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Él está sentado sobre el círculo de la tierra, cuyos moradores son como langostas; él extiende los cielos como una cortina, los despliega como una tienda para morar.

Croatian Bible

On stoluje vrh kruga zemaljskoga kom su stanovnici poput skakavaca. Kao zastor nebesa je razastro, kao šator za stan razapeo.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

On sedi nad krugom zemaljskim, i njeni su Mu stanovnici kao skakavci; On je razastro nebesa kao platno i razapeo ih kao šator za stan.

German Textbibel

Er ist's, der da thront auf der Rundung über der Erde, daß ihre Bewohner Heuschrecken gleichen, der den Himmel ausspannt wie einen Flor, daß er ihn hinbreitet wie ein Zelt, daß man darunter wohne,

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

It is he that comprehends the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants in it are as grasshoppers; he that set up the heaven as a chamber, and stretched it out as a tent to dwell in:

Hebrew OT (WLC)

הַיֹּשֵׁב֙ עַל־ח֣וּג הָאָ֔רֶץ וְיֹשְׁבֶ֖יהָ כַּחֲגָבִ֑ים הַנּוֹטֶ֤ה כַדֹּק֙ שָׁמַ֔יִם וַיִּמְתָּחֵ֥ם כָּאֹ֖הֶל לָשָֽׁבֶת׃