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Isaiah 45:12

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “It is I who made the earth, and created man upon it. I stretched out the heavens with My hands And I ordained all their host.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, [even] my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens; and all their host have I commanded.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, [even] my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— It is I that have made the earth, and created man upon it; it is I, my hands, that have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— I, made the earth, And, man upon it, I created,—I—mine own hands, stretched out the heavens, And, all their host, I commanded:
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— I made earth, and man on it prepared, I—My hands stretched out the heavens, And all their host I have commanded.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— I made the earth: and I created man upon it: my hand stretched forth the heavens, and I have commanded all their host.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— I haue made the earth, and created man vpon it: I, whose hands haue spred out the heauens, I haue euen commanded all their armie.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— I haue made the earth, and created man vpon it: I, [euen] my handes haue stretched out the heauens, and all their hoste haue I commanded.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— I have made the earth and created man upon it; I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— I have made the earth, and man upon it: I with my hand have established the heaven; I have given commandment to all the stars.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, [even] my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
I x595
(0595) Complement
אָנֹכִי
'anokiy
{aw-no-kee'}
A primitive pronoun; I.
have made 6213
{6213} Prime
עָשָׂה
`asah
{aw-saw'}
A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
the earth, 776
{0776} Prime
אֶרֶץ
'erets
{eh'-rets}
From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land).
and created 1254
{1254} Prime
בּרא
bara'
{baw-raw'}
A primitive root; (absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes).
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
man 120
{0120} Prime
אָדָם
'adam
{aw-dawm'}
From H0119; ruddy, that is, a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.).
upon x5921
(5921) Complement
עַל
`al
{al}
Properly the same as H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural, often with prefix, or as conjugation with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications.
it: I, x589
(0589) Complement
אֲנִי
'aniy
{an-ee'}
Contracted from H0595; I.
[even] my hands, 3027
{3027} Prime
יָד
yad
{yawd}
A primitive word; a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote.
have stretched out 5186
{5186} Prime
נָטָה
natah
{naw-taw'}
A primitive root; to stretch or spread out; by implication to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of applications.
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
the heavens, 8064
{8064} Prime
שָׁמַיִם
shamayim
{shaw-mah'-yim}
The second form being dual of an unused singular; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve).
and all x3605
(3605) Complement
כֹּל
kol
{kole}
From H3634; properly the whole; hence all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense).
their host 6635
{6635} Prime
צָבָא
tsaba'
{tsaw-baw'}
From H6633; a mass of persons (or figurative things), especially regularly organized for war (an army); by implication a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically hardship, worship).
have I commanded. 6680
{6680} Prime
צוּה
tsavah
{tsaw-vaw'}
A primitive root; (intensively) to constitute, enjoin.
z8765
<8765> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 2121
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Isaiah 45:12

_ _ The same argument for prayer, drawn from God’s omnipotence and consequent power, to grant any request, occurs in Isaiah 40:26-31.

_ _ I, even my hands — so Hebrew (Psalms 41:2), “Thou ... thy hand” (both nominatives, in apposition).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Isaiah 45:11-19.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Isaiah 45:12

I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, [even] my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their (o) host have I commanded.

(o) That is, the stars.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
made the earth:

Isaiah 45:18 For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I [am] the LORD; and [there is] none else.
Isaiah 40:28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, [that] the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? [there is] no searching of his understanding.
Isaiah 42:5 Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:
Genesis 1:26-27 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. ... So God created man in his [own] image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Psalms 102:25 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens [are] the work of thy hands.
Hebrews 11:3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

my hands:

Isaiah 40:12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Isaiah 40:22 [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:
Isaiah 44:24 Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I [am] the LORD that maketh all [things]; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
Jeremiah 27:5 I have made the earth, the man and the beast that [are] upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.
Jeremiah 32:17 Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, [and] there is nothing too hard for thee:
Zechariah 12:1 The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.

all their host:

Genesis 2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
Nehemiah 9:6 Thou, [even] thou, [art] LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all [things] that [are] therein, the seas, and all that [is] therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Gn 1:26; 2:1. Ne 9:6. Ps 102:25. Is 40:12, 22, 28; 42:5; 44:24; 45:18. Jr 27:5; 32:17. Zc 12:1. He 11:3.

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