Cross references

Isaiah 40:22

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.

Isaiah 40:22 BSB

Isaiah 40:22 has 22 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 14 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 8:27 (12 votes) and Psalm 104:2 (9 votes). 35 other verses point back to it. It links with 10 other books, from Numbers 13 to Hebrews 1.

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Which verses does Isaiah 40:22 point to?

The 20 strongest of 22, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. I was there when He established the heavens, when He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,

  2. He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,

  3. This 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:

  4. This 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?

  5. Job 22:146 votes

    Thick clouds veil Him so He does not see us as He traverses the vault of heaven.’

  6. The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.

  7. We even saw the Nephilim there—the descendants of Anak that come from the Nephilim! We seemed like grasshoppers in our own sight, and we must have seemed the same to them!”

  8. Job 9:84 votes

    He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.

  9. Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding. Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it? …

  10. to Him who rides upon the highest heavens of old; behold, His mighty voice resounds.

  11. Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are considered a speck of dust on the scales; He lifts up the islands like fine dust.

  12. Thus 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,

  13. And: “In the beginning, O Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands. They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. …

  14. In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands. They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on.

  15. All the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and emptiness.

  16. Job 36:292 votes
  17. Psalm 2:42 votes

Which verses point to Isaiah 40:22?

The 10 strongest of 35.