Job 28:25
To make for the wind a weight, And the waters He meted out in measure.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.
In Context
24For He to the ends of the earth doth look, Under the whole heavens He doth see,
26In His making for the rain a limit, And a way for the brightness of the voices,
Cross References
Job 37:15Dost thou know when God doth place them, And caused to shine the light of His cloud?
Job 38:5Who placed its measures — if thou knowest? Or who hath stretched out upon it a line?
Isaiah 40:12Who hath measured in the hollow of his hand the waters? And the heavens by a span hath meted out, And comprehended in a measure the dust of the earth, And hath weighed in scales the mountains, 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 →