KJV King James Version
The heaven, [even] the heavens, [are] the LORD’S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
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Psalm 115:16
The heaven, [even] the heavens, [are] the LORD’S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth He has given to mankind.
WEB World English Bible
The heavens are the heavens of Yahweh; but the earth has he given to the children of men.
ASV American Standard Version
The heavens are the heavens of Jehovah; But the earth hath he given to the children of men.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
The heavens—the heavens are Jehovah’s, And the earth He hath given to sons of men,
Surrounding context — Psalm 115
13 He will bless them that fear the LORD, [both] small and great.
14 The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children.
15 Ye [are] blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth.
16 The heaven, [even] the heavens, [are] the LORD’S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
17 The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
18 But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the LORD.
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Psalm 8:6Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all [things] under his feet:Psalm 89:11The heavens [are] thine, the earth also [is] thine: [as for] the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.Genesis 1:28-30And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.Jeremiah 27:5-6I have made the earth, the man and the beast that [are] upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.Genesis 9:1-3And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.Deuteronomy 32:8When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.Psalm 144:5Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.Isaiah 66:1Thus saith the LORD, The heaven [is] my throne, and the earth [is] my footstool: where [is] the house that ye build unto me? and where [is] the place of my rest?Lamentations 3:66Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD.John 14:2In my Father’s house are many mansions: if [it were] not [so], I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.Psalm 148:4Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that [be] above the heavens.
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