Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Bible References

General references

Psalm 24:2

For He has founded it upon the seas
And established it upon the streams and the rivers.
Psalm 104:2

[You are the One] who covers Yourself with light as with a garment,
Who stretches out the heavens like a tent curtain,
Genesis 1:9
Then God said, “Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place [of standing, pooling together], and let the dry land appear”; and it was so.
Job 26:7

“It is He who spreads out the north over emptiness
And hangs the earth on nothing.
Job 37:18

“Can you, with Him, spread out the sky,
Strong as a molten mirror?
Isaiah 40:22

It is He who sits above the circle of the earth,
And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers;
[It is He] who stretches out the heavens like a veil
And spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.
Isaiah 44:24
For the Lord, your Redeemer, and He who formed you from the womb says this,

“I am the Lord, Maker of all things,
Who alone stretches out the heavens,
Who spreads out the earth by Myself,
Jeremiah 10:12

God made the earth by His power;
He established the world by His wisdom
And by His understanding and skill He has stretched out the heavens.
Zechariah 12:1
The oracle (a burdensome message) of the word of the Lord concerning Israel.

Thus declares the Lord who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth and forms the spirit of man within him:
2 Peter 3:5
For they willingly forget [the fact] that the heavens existed long ago by the word of God, and the earth was formed out of water and by water,