Blue Letter Bible

Isa 40:22 (KJV) — 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:

Isa 40:22 (NASB) — It is He who *sits above the *circle of the earth, And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers, Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain And spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.

Phrase from KJV (Help)		Correlating Verses

It is he that sitteth	or, Him that sitteth, etc. Isa 19:1; Isa 66:1; Psa 2:4; Psa 29:10; Psa 68:33
the inhabitants	Isa 40:15,17; Num 13:33
stretcheth	Isa 42:5; Isa 44:24; Isa 51:13; Job 9:8; Job 37:18; Job 38:4-9; Psa 102:25,26; Psa 104:2; Jer 10:12; Zec 12:1; Hbr 1:10-12
as a curtain	"Or, ""as a thin veil,"" as Bp. Lowth renders; which he illustrates by the following passage from Dr. Shaw. ""It is usual in the summer season, and upon all occasions when a large company is to be received, to have the court sheltered from heat, or inclemency of the weather by a velum, umbrella, or veil, as I shall call it; which, being expanded on ropes from one end of the parapet to the other, may be folded or unfolded at pleasure. The Psalmist seems to allude to some covering of this kind, in that beautiful expression of spreading out the heavens as a curtain."""