The Bible Software
bible.software › Job › Job 28 › Job 28:25

Job 28:25

When he gave the winds their weight, And meted out the waters by measure;

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

24For he seeth to the ends of the earth, And surveyeth all things under the whole heaven.

26When he prescribed a law to the rain, And a path to the thunder-flash,—

Read all of Job 28

Cross References

Job 37:15Dost thou know when God gave commandment to them, And caused the lightning of his cloud to flash?

Job 38:5Who fixed its dimensions, that thou shouldst know it! Or who stretched out the line upon it?

Isaiah 40:12Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, And meted out the heavens with his span, And gathered the dust of the earth into a measure, And 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

King James VersionBíblia Portuguesa MundialLuther Bibel (Deutsch)Bible Louis Segond (Français)Библия (Русский)新标点和合本성경 (한국어)الكتاب المقدس باللغة العربية، فان دايكBibbia Diodati (Italiano)Kinh Thánh (Tiếng Việt)Biblia Cornilescu (Română)Polish Biblia Gdanska (1881)Statenvertaling (Nederlands)

Study Job 28:25

Matthew HenryJamieson-Fausset-BrownAdam ClarkeJohn WesleyJohn CalvinKeil and DelitzschScofieldFamily Bible NotesGeneva Bible Notes (1599)
← Job 28:24Job 28Job 28:26 →