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Selected Verse: Psalms 115:16 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 115:16 |
Strong Concordance |
The heaven [08064], even the heavens [08064], are the LORD'S [03068]: but the earth [0776] hath he given [05414] to the children [01121] of men [0120]. |
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King James |
The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD'S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The heaven - Hebrew, "The heavens."
Even the heavens are the Lord's - A more literal and correct rendering of this would be, "The heavens are heavens for Jehovah." That is, he has reserved the heavens as a home for himself, or as his special possession and home. Compare Isa 66:1; Mat 5:34; Act 7:49.
But the earth ... - He propared earth for the abode of man; he has placed man upon it to cultivate it; he has given its fruits and productions to man, to be held and enjoyed by man; he has made all on earth subject to man - the dwellers in the air, the land, and the waters. All this he has given to man; not to the angels. Earth is the home of man, the birth-place of man; the place where he lives, where he shows the result of his toil, his skill, and his ingenuity; the place where he builds houses, bridges, monuments, works of art; the place where he prepares for another state of existence; the place where he dies, and is buried. It is, as formed by the Creator, a beautiful home outfitted for mankind; how much more beautiful would it be, if man never defiled or desolated it by sin! how happy an abode would it have been if sin had never entered it! |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The Lord's - In a peculiar manner, where he dwelleth in that light and glory, to which no man can approach. Given - As the foregoing verse declares, that God was the creator of heaven and earth, so this asserts that he is also their Lord and governor to dispose of all men and things as he pleases. |
49 Heaven [3772] is my [3427] throne [2362], and [1161] earth [1093] is my [3450] footstool [4228] [5286]: what [4169] house [3624] will ye build [3618] me [3427]? saith [3004] the Lord [2962]: or [2228] what [5101] is the place [5117] of my [3450] rest [2663]?
34 But [1161] I [1473] say [3004] unto you [5213], Swear [3660] not [3361] at all [3654]; neither [3383] by [1722] heaven [3772]; for [3754] it is [2076] God's [2316] throne [2362]:
1 Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], The heaven [08064] is my throne [03678], and the earth [0776] is my footstool [07272] [01916]: where is the house [01004] that ye build [01129] unto me? and where is the place [04725] of my rest [04496]?