Isaiah 45:12
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
I have made the earth, and created man on it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
American King James Version (AKJV)
I have made the earth, and created man on it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
American Standard Version (ASV)
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.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
I have made the earth, forming man on it: by my hands the heavens have been stretched out, and all the stars put in their ordered places.
Webster's Revision
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.
World English Bible
I have made the earth, and created man on it. I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens; and I have commanded all their army.
English Revised Version (ERV)
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.
Barnes's Isaiah 45:12 Bible Commentary
I have made the earth - God here asserts that he had made all things, doubtless with a view to show that he was able to hear their cry, and to grant an answer to their requests. His agency was visible everywhere, alike in forming and sustaining all things, and in raising up for them a deliverer. They might, therefore, go before him with confidence, and spread out all their needs.
Have stretched out the heavens - (See the notes at Isaiah 40:26).
And all their host - The stars (see the notes at Isaiah 40:26).
Have I commanded - All are under my direction and control. What more can be needed by his people than the friendship and protection of him who made the heavens and the earth, and who leads on the stars!
