Jeremiah 10:12

12 But God made the earth by his power; he founded the world by his wisdom and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.

Jeremiah 10:12 in Other Translations

KJV
12 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.
ESV
12 It is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.
NLT
12 But the LORD made the earth by his power, and he preserves it by his wisdom. With his own understanding he stretched out the heavens.
MSG
12 But it is God whose power made the earth, whose wisdom gave shape to the world, who crafted the cosmos.
CSB
12 He made the earth by His power, established the world by His wisdom, and spread out the heavens by His understanding.

Jeremiah 10:12 In-Context

10 But the LORD is the true God; he is the living God, the eternal King. When he is angry, the earth trembles; the nations cannot endure his wrath.
11 “Tell them this: ‘These gods, who did not make the heavens and the earth, will perish from the earth and from under the heavens.’ ”
12 But God made the earth by his power; he founded the world by his wisdom and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.
13 When he thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; he makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth. He sends lightning with the rain and brings out the wind from his storehouses.
14 Everyone is senseless and without knowledge; every goldsmith is shamed by his idols. The images he makes are a fraud; they have no breath in them.

Cross References 4

  • 1. S 1 Samuel 2:8
  • 2. S ver 16
  • 3. S Genesis 1:31
  • 4. S Genesis 1:1,8; Job 9:8; Isaiah 40:22
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