Job 28:25
Good News Translation
When God gave the wind its power And determined the size of the sea;

New Revised Standard Version
When he gave to the wind its weight, and apportioned out the waters by measure;

Contemporary English Version
When God divided out the wind and the water,

New American Bible
When he weighed out the wind, and measured out the waters;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Who made a weight for the winds, and weighed the waters by measure.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Who made a weight for the winds, and weighed the waters by measure.

To make the weight, etc.

Psalm 135:7 He bringeth up clouds from the end of the earth: he hath made lightnings for the rain. He bringeth forth winds out of his stores:

Isaiah 40:12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and weighed the heavens with his palm? who hath poised with three fingers the bulk of the earth, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

Context
Where Can Wisdom Be Found?
24For he beholdeth the ends of the world: and looketh on all things that are under heaven. 25Who made a weight for the winds, and weighed the waters by measure.26When he gave a law for the rain, and a way for the sounding storms.…
Cross References
Job 12:15
If he withhold the waters, all things shall be dried up: and if he send them out, they shall overturn the earth.

Job 38:8
Who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth as issuing out of the womb:

Psalm 135:7
He bringeth up clouds from the end of the earth: he hath made lightnings for the rain. He bringeth forth winds out of his stores:

Job 28:24
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