Isaiah 40:22
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Berean Study Bible
He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.

Young's Literal Translation
He who is sitting on the circle of the earth, And its inhabitants [are] as grasshoppers, He who is stretching out as a thin thing the heavens, And spreadeth them as a tent to dwell in.

King James Bible
[It is] he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof [are] as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:

Hebrew
He sits enthroned
הַיֹּשֵׁב֙ (hay·yō·šêḇ)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

above
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the circle
ח֣וּג (ḥūḡ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2329: Vault, horizon

of the earth;
הָאָ֔רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

its dwellers
וְיֹשְׁבֶ֖יהָ (wə·yō·šə·ḇe·hā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

are like grasshoppers.
כַּחֲגָבִ֑ים (ka·ḥă·ḡā·ḇîm)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2284: Locust, grasshopper

He stretches out
הַנּוֹטֶ֤ה (han·nō·w·ṭeh)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5186: To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend

the heavens
שָׁמַ֔יִם (šā·ma·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky

like a curtain,
כַדֹּק֙ (ḵad·dōq)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1852: Something crumbling, fine

and spreads them out
וַיִּמְתָּחֵ֥ם (way·yim·tā·ḥêm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 4969: To stretch out

like a tent
כָּאֹ֖הֶל (kā·’ō·hel)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 168: A tent

to live in.
לָשָֽׁבֶת׃ (lā·šā·ḇeṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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