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?

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather together the lambs with his arm, and shall take them up in his bosom, and he himself shall carry them that are with young.

13Who hath forwarded the spirit of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor, and hath taught him?

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Cross References

Job 28:25Who made a weight for the winds and weighed the waters by measure.

Psalms 102:25Call me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are unto generation and generation.

Proverbs 8:26He had not yet made the earth, nor the rivers, nor the poles of the world.

Isaiah 48:13My hand also hath founded the earth, and my right hand hath measured the heavens: I shall call them, and they shall stand together.

Revelation 20:11And I saw a great white throne, and one sitting upon it, from whose face the earth and heaven fled away, and there was no place 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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