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Isaiah 45:12

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45:12I made the earth,

I created the people who live33 on it.

It was me—my hands34 stretched out the sky,35

I give orders to all the heavenly lights.36

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Footnotes

  1. 33 The words “who live” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
  2. 34 Heb “I, even my hands”; “I stretched out … with My hands”; “it was my hands that stretched out.” The same construction occurs at the beginning of v. 13.
  3. 35 Or “the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.
  4. 36 Heb “and to all their host I commanded.” See the notes at .

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I made the earth

and created man on it;

it was my hands that stretched out the heavens,

and I commanded all their host.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

It is I who made the earth

and created mankind on it.

My own hands stretched out the heavens;

I marshaled their starry hosts.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I made the earth,

and created humans on it.

It was my hands that stretched out the heavens,

and I commanded everything in them.

NLTNew Living Translation

I am the one who made the earth

and created people to live on it.

With my hands I stretched out the heavens.

All the stars are at my command.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I myself made the earth,

and I created humankind upon it.

I, my hands, stretched out the heavens,

and I commanded all their host.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.