Psalms 115:16
The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord’s: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 115 connects to 10 cross-references. A liturgical psalm contrasting the living God who does as he pleases with the mute, blind, deaf, and lifeless idols of silver and gold. Those who make idols become like them. Israel, the house of Aaron, and those who fear …
Other Translations
The heavens are the heavens of Jehovah; But the earth hath he given to the children of men.
The heavens--the heavens <FI>are<Fi> Jehovah's, And the earth He hath given to sons of men,
The heavens are the Lord's; but the earth he has given to the children of men.
Cross References
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: …
And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth …
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all …
When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the …
Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:
The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded …
Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens.
Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that …