Job 28:25
23 God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;
To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.
26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
27 Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- When God fixed the weight of the wind and measured out the waters,
- KJV
- To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.
- WEB
- He establishes the force of the wind. Yes, he measures out the waters by measure.
- ASV
- To make a weight for the wind: Yea, he meteth out the waters by measure.
- DARBY
- In making a weight for the wind, and meting out the waters by measure,
- BLB
- to make for the wind a weight, and He portioned out the waters by measure,
- ÅB
- Da han fastsatte vindens vekt og gav vannet dets mål,
- OTB
- Da Han ga vinden dens vekt,
Og målte vannene med mål, - B1930
- Da han fastsatte vindens vekt og gav vannet dets mål,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 135:7
He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.
Read in contextIsaiah 40:12
Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Read in contextJob 12:15
Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
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