Isaiah 40:12

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and who has weighed the heavens with his palm? Who has suspended the mass of the earth with three fingers, and who has weighed the mountains on a balance and the hills on a scale?

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In The King James Version

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?

In Context

11He will pasture his flock like a shepherd. He will gather together the lambs with his arm, and he will lift them up to his bosom, and he himself will carry the very young.

13Who has assisted the Spirit of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor and has revealed things to him?

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Cross References

Job 28:25He created a counterweight for the winds, and he suspended the waters to measure them.

Proverbs 8:26Still he had not made the earth, and the rivers, and the poles of the globe of the earth.

Isaiah 48:13Also, my hand has founded the earth, and my right hand has measured the heavens. I will call them, and they will stand together.

Revelation 20:11And I saw a great white throne, and One sitting upon it, from whose sight earth and heaven fled, and no place was found for them.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 40:10-12

Evangelical Predictions. ( b. c. 708.) 9 O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God! 10 Behold, the Lord God will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. 11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and… Read the whole commentary →

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