Job 28:25 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁵ When he gave to the wind its weight and apportioned out the waters by measure,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁵ To make the weight for the winds; And he weigheth the waters by measure.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁵ When He gave to the wind weight or pressure and allotted the waters by measure,

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁵ To make a weight for the wind: Yea, he meteth out the waters by measure.

Common English Bible

²⁵ In order to weigh the wind, to prepare a measure for waters,

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁵ He created a counterweight for the winds, and he suspended the waters to measure them.

Job 28:25 Cross References

Psalm 135:7

He it is who makes the clouds rise at the end of the earth; he makes lightnings for the rain and brings out the wind from his storehouses.

Isaiah 40:12

Who has measured the waters of the sea in the hollow of his hand and marked off the heavens with a span, enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure and weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance?

Job 12:15

If he withholds the waters, they dry up; if he sends them out, they overwhelm the land.

Job 38:8

“Or who shut in the sea with doors when it burst out from the womb,

Job 37:15

Do you know how God lays his command upon them and causes the lightning of his cloud to shine?

Job 38:4

“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.

Job 38:5

Who determined its measurements—surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it?