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Psalms 115:16

The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth He has given to mankind.

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ASV

The heavens are the heavens of Jehovah; But the earth hath he given to the children of men.

KJV

The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord’s: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הַשָּׁמַ֣יִםha.sha.Ma.yimthe heavensH8064 →
שָׁ֭מַיִםSha.ma.yim[are] heavensH8064 →
לַיהוָ֑הla.Yah.wehof YahwehH3068 →
וְ֝הָאָ֗רֶץve.ha.'A.retzand the earthH776 →
נָתַ֥ןna.Tanhe has givenH5414 →
לִבְנֵי־liv.nei-to [the] children ofH1121 →
אָדָֽם׃'a.DamhumankindH120 →

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Psalms 8:6You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:Psalms 19:1The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.Psalms 89:11The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.Genesis 1:28–30God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”Acts 17:24The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands.Jeremiah 27:5–6By My great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth and the men and beasts on the face of it, and I give it to whom I please.Isaiah 45:18For 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 inhabited: “I am the LORD, and there is no other.Genesis 9:1–3And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.Deuteronomy 32:8When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.Genesis 1:29Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food.Deuteronomy 10:14Behold, to the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, and the earth and everything in it.Isaiah 66:1This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be?Psalms 144:5Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke.Ecclesiastes 5:9The produce of the earth is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.Genesis 14:19and he blessed Abram and said: “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,Lamentations 3:66You will pursue them in anger and exterminate them from under Your heavens, O LORD.John 14:2In My Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?Psalms 148:4Praise Him, O highest heavens, and you waters above the skies.

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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