Job 28:25
To make a weight for the wind, || And He meted out the waters in measure.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.
In Context
24For He looks to the ends of the earth, || He sees under the whole heavens,
26In His making for the rain a limit, || And a way for the brightness of the voices,
Cross References
Job 37:15Do you know when God places them, || And caused the light of His cloud to shine?
Job 38:5Who placed its measures—if you know? Or who has stretched out a line on it?
Isaiah 40:12Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, || And has meted out the heavens by a span, || And comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, || And has weighed the mountains in scales, || And the hills in a balance?
Matthew Henry on Job 28:21-28
The Wisdom Hidden from Man; The Wisdom Revealed to Man. ( b. c. 1520.) 20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding? 21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air. 22 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears. 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; 25 To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the… Read the whole commentary →