Cross references

Isaiah 42:5

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:

Isaiah 42:5 BSB

Isaiah 42:5 has 27 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 27 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Isaiah 40:22 (59 votes) and Isaiah 45:12 (49 votes). 32 other verses point back to it. It links with 13 other books, from Genesis 1 to Hebrews 12.

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Which verses does Isaiah 42:5 point to?

The 20 strongest of 27, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Isaiah 40:2259 votes

    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.

  2. Isaiah 45:1249 votes

    It is I who made the earth and created man upon it. It was My hands that stretched out the heavens, and I ordained all their host.

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

  4. This is the burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus declares the LORD, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, who forms the spirit of man within him:

  5. Isaiah 48:1333 votes

    Surely My own hand founded the earth, and My right hand spread out the heavens; when I summon them, they stand up together.

  6. He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent, laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind. …

  7. Isaiah 44:2426 votes

    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,

  8. 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.

  9. 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. …

  10. “Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You!

  11. Job 33:414 votes
  12. Psalm 33:614 votes
  13. Isaiah 45:1814 votes
  14. Job 12:1011 votes
  15. Acts 17:2511 votes
  16. Psalm 136:610 votes
  17. Isaiah 40:1210 votes
  18. Amos 9:69 votes

Which verses point to Isaiah 42:5?

The 10 strongest of 32.