Universe

Verses

Genesis 1:1

Good News Translation
In the beginning, when God created the universe,

International Standard Version
In the beginning, God created the universe.

Genesis 2:1

Good News Translation
And so the whole universe was completed.

Genesis 2:4

Good News Translation
And that is how the universe was created. When the LORD God made the universe,

International Standard Version
These are the records of the universe at its creation. On the day that the LORD God made the earth and skies,

Job 38:33

New Living Translation
Do you know the laws of the universe? Can you use them to regulate the earth?

Matthew 24

Lamsa Bible
Immediately after the suffering of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give her light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the universe will be shaken.

Isaiah 66:2

Good News Translation
I myself created the whole universe! I am pleased with those who are humble and repentant, who fear me and obey me.

Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers
(2) All those things . . .–The sequence of thought runs thus:–God, the Maker of the universe, can need nothing that belongs to it. T

Daniel 9:12

International Standard Version
He has confirmed his accusation that he spoke against us and against our rulers who governed us by bringing upon us great calamity, because nowhere in the universe has anything been done like what has been done to Jerusalem.

Matthew 24:29

GOD’S WORD® Translation
“Immediately after the misery of those days, the sun will turn dark, the moon will not give light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the universe will be shaken.

Lamsa Bible
Immediately after the suffering of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give her light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the universe will be shaken.

Matthew 24:31

Lamsa Bible
And he will send his angels with a large trumpet, and they will gather his chosen ones from the four winds, from one end of the UNIVERSE to the other.

Mark 13:25

GOD’S WORD® Translation
the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the universe will be shaken.

Lamsa Bible
And the stars will fall down from the sky, and the powers of the universe will be shaken.

Luke 2:10

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the Angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I proclaim to you great joy which will be to the entire universe,”

Luke 21:26

GOD’S WORD® Translation
People will faint as they fearfully wait for what will happen to the world. Indeed, the powers of the universe will be shaken.

Lamsa Bible
And upheaval that takes life out of men, because of fear of what is to come on earth; and the powers of the universe will be shaken.

John 17:5

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“Now, glorify me, my Father, in union with yourself, in that glory which I had in union with you before the universe was.”

Acts 17:24

GOD’S WORD® Translation
The God who made the universe and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth. He doesn’t live in shrines made by humans,

Weymouth New Testament
GOD who made the universe and everything in it–He, being Lord of Heaven and earth, does not dwell in sanctuaries built by men.

Romans 3:6

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
God forbid! Otherwise, how will God judge the universe?

Romans 3:19

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But we know that whatever things The Written Law has said, it has said to those who are into The Written Law, that every mouth may be shut and the whole universe may be guilty before God,

Romans 4:13

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For it was not by The Written Law that The Promise came to Abraham and his seed, that he would be the heir to the universe, but by the righteousness of his faith.

Romans 5:12

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For just as by the agency of one-man, sin entered the universe, and by means of sin, death, in this way death passed by this sin unto all the children of men, because all of them have sinned.

Romans 5:13

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For until The Written Law, sin was in the universe, but it was not accounted as sin, because there was no written law.

Romans 11:36

Weymouth New Testament
For the universe owes its origin to Him, was created by Him, and has its aim and purpose in Him. To Him be the glory throughout the Ages! Amen.

1 Corinthians 4:9

New International Version
For it seems to me that God has put us apostles on display at the end of the procession, like those condemned to die in the arena. We have been made a spectacle to the whole universe, to angels as well as to human beings.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For I suppose that God has appointed us Apostles at last, as for death, that we would be a stage play for the universe, for Angels and for men.

1 Corinthians 4:13

International Standard Version
When slandered, we answer with kind words. Even now we have become the filth of the world, the scum of the universe.

Weymouth New Testament
when slandered, we try to conciliate. We have come to be regarded as the mere dirt and filth of the world–the refuse of the universe, even to this hour.

1 Corinthians 6:2

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Or do you not know that the Saints shall judge the universe? And if the universe is judged by you, are you not worthy to judge small disputes?

1 Corinthians 8:4

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Concerning food sacrifices to idols, we know that the idol is nothing in the universe and that there is no other God but One.

1 Corinthians 15:28

Weymouth New Testament
But when the whole universe has been made subject to Him, then the Son Himself will also become subject to Him who has made the universe subject to Him, in order that GOD may be all in all.

2 Corinthians 5:19

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For God was in The Messiah- he who reconciled the universe with his Majesty, and he has not accounted their sins to them and has placed in us our own message of the reconciliation.

Ephesians 1:4

International Standard Version
just as he chose us in the Messiah before the creation of the universe to be holy and blameless in his presence. In love

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Just as he chose us beforehand in him from before the foundation of the universe, that we shall be holy and without spot before him, and he ordained us beforehand in love for himself.

Ephesians 1:21

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Higher than all Principalities, Rulers, Powers, and Dominions, and higher than every name that is named, not only in this universe, but also in the one that is coming.

Ephesians 1:23

Weymouth New Testament
the completeness of Him who everywhere fills the universe with Himself.

Ephesians 4:10

New International Version
He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.

New Living Translation
And the same one who descended is the one who ascended higher than all the heavens, so that he might fill the entire universe with himself.

Amplified Bible
He who descended is the very same as He who also has ascended high above all the heavens, that He [His presence] might fill all things [that is, the whole universe].

Contemporary English Version
This also means that the one who went deep into the earth is the same one who went into the highest heaven, so he would fill the whole universe.

Good News Translation
So the one who came down is the same one who went up, above and beyond the heavens, to fill the whole universe with his presence.

Weymouth New Testament
He who descended is the same as He who ascended again far above all the Heavens in order to fill the universe.)

Ephesians 6:12

Darby Bible Translation
because our struggle is not against blood and flesh, but against principalities, against authorities, against the universal lords of this darkness, against spiritual [power] of wickedness in the heavenlies.

Galatians 4:3

Good News Translation
In the same way, we too were slaves of the ruling spirits of the universe before we reached spiritual maturity.

Galatians 6:14

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But let it not be for me to take pride except in the crucifixion of our Lord Yeshua The Messiah, in whom the universe has been crucified to me, and I have been crucified to the universe.

Colossians 1:16

Good News Translation
For through him God created everything in heaven and on earth, the seen and the unseen things, including spiritual powers, lords, rulers, and authorities. God created the whole universe through him and for him.

Weymouth New Testament
For in Him was created the universe of things in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, thrones, dominions, princedoms, powers–all were created, and exist through and for Him.

Colossians 1:17

Amplified Bible
And He Himself existed and is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. [His is the controlling, cohesive force of the universe.

Weymouth New Testament
And HE IS before all things and in and through Him the universe is a harmonious whole.

Colossians 1:20

Good News Translation
Through the Son, then, God decided to bring the whole universe back to himself. God made peace through his Son’s blood on the cross and so brought back to himself all things, both on earth and in heaven.

Weymouth New Testament
And God purposed through Him to reconcile the universe to Himself, making peace through His blood, which was shed upon the Cross–to reconcile to Himself through Him, I say, things on earth and things in Heaven.

Colossians 2:8

Good News Translation
See to it, then, that no one enslaves you by means of the worthless deceit of human wisdom, which comes from the teachings handed down by human beings and from the ruling spirits of the universe, and not from Christ.

Colossians 2:20

Contemporary English Version
You died with Christ. Now the forces of the universe don’t have any power over you. Why do you live as if you had to obey such rules

Good News Translation
You have died with Christ and are set free from the ruling spirits of the universe. Why, then, do you live as though you belonged to this world? Why do you obey such rules

1 Timothy 1:15

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
This is a trustworthy saying and worthy of acceptance: “Yeshua The Messiah came to the universe to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.”

1 Timothy 1:17

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But to The King of the UNIVERSE, to him who is indestructible and unseen, who is The One God, be honor and glory to the eternity of eternities. Amen.

1 Timothy 6:7

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For we have brought nothing into the universe, and we know that we can take nothing out of it;

Hebrews 1:2

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And in these last days he has spoken with us by his Son, whom he ordained The Heir of all things, and by him he made the universe.

New International Version
but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe.

New Living Translation
And now in these final days, he has spoken to us through his Son. God promised everything to the Son as an inheritance, and through the Son he created the universe.

Amplified Bible
has in these last days spoken [with finality] to us in [the person of One who is by His character and nature] His Son [namely Jesus], whom He appointed heir and lawful owner of all things, through whom also He created the universe [that is, the universe as a space-time-matter continuum].

Christian Standard Bible
In these last days, he has spoken to us by his Son. God has appointed him heir of all things and made the universe through him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
In these last days, He has spoken to us by His Son. God has appointed Him heir of all things and made the universe through Him.

Contemporary English Version
But now at last, God sent his Son to bring his message to us. God created the universe by his Son, and everything will someday belong to the Son.

Good News Translation
but in these last days he has spoken to us through his Son. He is the one through whom God created the universe, the one whom God has chosen to possess all things at the end.

GOD’S WORD® Translation
In these last days he has spoken to us through his Son. God made his Son responsible for everything. His Son is the one through whom God made the universe.

International Standard Version
has in these last days spoken to us by a Son whom he appointed to be the heir of everything and through whom he also made the universe.

Weymouth New Testament
has at the end of these days spoken to us through a Son, who is the pre-destined Lord of the universe, and through whom He made the Ages.

Hebrews 1:3

Amplified Bible
The Son is the radiance and only expression of the glory of [our awesome] God [reflecting God’s Shekinah glory, the Light-being, the brilliant light of the divine], and the exact representation and perfect imprint of His [Father’s] essence, and upholding and maintaining and propelling all things [the entire physical and spiritual UNIVERSE] by His powerful word [carrying the UNIVERSE along to its predetermined goal]. When He [Himself and no other] had [by offering Himself on the cross as a sacrifice for sin] accomplished purification from sins and established our freedom from guilt, He sat down [revealing His completed work] at the right hand of the Majesty on high [revealing His Divine authority],

English Standard Version
He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the UNIVERSE by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

Contemporary English Version
God’s Son has all the brightness of God’s own glory and is like him in every way. By his own mighty word, he holds the universe together. After the Son had washed away our sins, he sat down at the right side of the glorious God in heaven.

Good News Translation
He reflects the brightness of God’s glory and is the exact likeness of God’s own being, sustaining the universe with his powerful word. After achieving forgiveness for the sins of all human beings, he sat down in heaven at the right side of God, the Supreme Power.

Weymouth New Testament
He brightly reflects God’s glory and is the exact representation of His being, and upholds the universe by His all-powerful word. After securing man’s purification from sin He took His seat at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

Hebrews 1:6

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Again, when he brings The Firstborn into the UNIVERSE, he says, “All the Angels of God shall worship him.”

Hebrews 2:8

Weymouth New Testament
Thou hast put everything in subjection under his feet. For this subjecting of the universe to man implies the leaving nothing not subject to him. But we do not as yet see the universe subject to him.

Hebrews 10:5

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because of this, when he entered the universe, he said, “Sacrifices and offerings you did not want, but you have clothed me with a body,

Hebrews 11:3

New International Version
By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

New Living Translation
By faith we understand that the entire universe was formed at God’s command, that what we now see did not come from anything that can be seen.

English Standard Version
By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.

Berean Study Bible
By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

Amplified Bible
By faith [that is, with an inherent trust and enduring confidence in the power, wisdom and goodness of God] we understand that the worlds (universe, ages) were framed and created [formed, put in order, and equipped for their intended purpose] by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible.

Christian Standard Bible
By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was made from things that are not visible.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
By faith we understand that the universe was created by God’s command, so that what is seen has been made from things that are not visible.

Good News Translation
It is by faith that we understand that the universe was created by God’s word, so that what can be seen was made out of what cannot be seen.

World English Bible
By faith, we understand that the universe has been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made out of things which are visible.

Berean Literal Bible
By faith we understand the universe to have been formed by the word of God, so that the things being seen have not been made from the things being visible.

Hebrews 12:23


Darby Bible Translation
the universal gathering; and to [the] assembly of the firstborn [who are] registered in heaven; and to God, judge of all; and to [the] spirits of just [men] made perfect;

2 Peter 3:10

Contemporary English Version
The day of the Lord’s return will surprise us like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a loud noise, and the heat will melt the whole universe. Then the earth and everything on it will be seen for what they are.

GOD’S WORD® Translation
The day of the Lord will come like a thief. On that day heaven will pass away with a roaring sound. Everything that makes up the universe will burn and be destroyed. The earth and everything that people have done on it will be exposed.

Lamsa Bible
But the day of the LORD will come as a thief in the night, when the heavens shall suddenly pass away, and the universe shall separate as it burns, and the earth also and the works that are in it, shall pass away.

2 Peter 3:12

GOD’S WORD® Translation
as you look forward to the day of God and eagerly wait for it to come. When that day comes, heaven will be on fire and will be destroyed. Everything that makes up the universe will burn and melt.

1 John 2:2

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For He is The Atonement who is for the sake of our sins, and not in our place only, but also in the place of the entire UNIVERSE.

1 John 5:4

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because everyone who is born from God conquers the UNIVERSE; and this is the VICTORY that conquers the UNIVERSE – our faith.

1 John 5:5

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Who is he who conquers the UNIVERSE but he who believes that Yeshua is The Son of God?

Revelation 15:3

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And they sang the song of Moses the Servant of God and the song of The Lamb. They were saying: “Great and marvelous are your works, LORD JEHOVAH God Almighty. Just and true are your works, King of the universe.”

Misc

Esther 8:13 universal kindness
Isaiah 11:9 universal submission to Lord
Matthew 10:22 universal hatred
Mark 13:13 universal hatred
Luke 21:17 universal hatred 
Acts 3:21 universal restitution
1 Cor 5:1 universally reported
Eph 1:22 universal supreme head
1 Tim 4:9 universal acceptance