Jeremiah 10:12 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 10:12

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

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ASV

He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding hath he stretched out the heavens.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

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Jerome

Commentary on Jeremiah (420)

(Verse 12.) The one who made the earth in his strength, who established the world in his wisdom, and who stretched out the heavens in his understanding. He who makes the earth by His power, He is God the Father. But He also makes by His power the Lord the Savior. For Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God (1 Corinthians 1:24). He Himself is both wisdom and the one by whom the heavens are stretched out.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It was a common saying even among the Greeks-- He that sets up to be another god ought first to make another world. While the heathen worship gods that they made, we worship the God that made us and all things. First, The earth is a body of vast bulk, has valuable treasures in its bowels and more valuable fruit on its surface.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Discretion - Or, understanding. The three attributes ascribed to the Creator are very remarkable. The creation of the earth, the material world, is an act of “power;” the “establishing,” i. e., the ordering and arranging it as a place fit for man’s abode, is the work of his “wisdom;” while the spreading out the heavens over it like a tent is an act of “understanding,” or skill. Naturally, the consideration of these attributes has led many to see here an allusion to the Holy Trinity.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
עֹשֵׂ֥ה	'o.Seh	[he] made	H6213 →
אֶ֙רֶץ֙	'e.retz	[the] earth	H776 →
בְּכֹח֔וֹ	be.kho.Cho	by power his	H3581 →
מֵכִ֥ין	me.Khin	[he] established	H3559 →
תֵּבֵ֖ל	te.Vel	[the] world	H8398 →
בְּחָכְמָת֑וֹ	be.cha.khe.ma.To	by wisdom his	H2451 →
וּבִתְבוּנָת֖וֹ	u.vit.vu.na.To	and by understanding his	H8394 →
נָטָ֥ה	na.Tah	he stretched out	H5186 →
שָׁמָֽיִם׃	sha.Ma.yim	[the] heavens	H8064 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
leads to
- John 1:1–3
  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
- Hebrews 11:3
  By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.
- Isaiah 45:18
  For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens—He is God; He formed the earth and fashioned it; He established it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be…
- Revelation 4:11
  “Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and came to be.”
- Hebrews 1:10
  And: “In the beginning, O Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
Through
Colossians 1:16
For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him.
leads to
- Romans 11:36
  For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen.
- John 1:3
  Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made.
- 1 Corinthians 8:6
  yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and…

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Walks through Jeremiah 10

Mazzaroth

Twelve constellation groupings; one biblical word (Job 38:32). Bullinger and Seiss read them as a gospel-arc; modern critics trace their figures to Albumazar, not Adam. The objections below are presented at full strength, and the founder's own slot on the page is his to fill.

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About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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Creation
The Creator's power and wisdom are set against the lifeless idols of the surrounding nations

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Jeremiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Jeremiah