Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

When he weighed the winds, and measured the waters;

New American Standard Bible

“When He imparted weight to the wind
And meted out the waters by measure,

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

When God fixed the weight of the wind
and limited the water by measure,

International Standard Version

"He imparted weight to the wind; he regulated water by his measurement.

A Conservative Version

to make a weight for the wind. Yea, he distributes the waters by measure.

American Standard Version

To make a weight for the wind: Yea, he meteth out the waters by measure.

Amplified


“When He gave weight and pressure to the wind
And allotted the waters by measure,

Bible in Basic English

When he made a weight for the wind, measuring out the waters;

Darby Translation

In making a weight for the wind, and meting out the waters by measure,

Julia Smith Translation

To make the weight for the wind; and he weighed the waters by measure.

King James 2000

To make the weight for the wind; and he apportions the waters by measure.

Lexham Expanded Bible

{When he gave} weight to the wind and he apportioned [the] waters by measure,

Modern King James verseion

making a weight for the winds, and measuring out the waters by measure.

NET Bible

When he made the force of the wind and measured the waters with a gauge.

New Heart English Bible

He establishes the force of the wind. Yes, he measures out the waters by measure.

The Emphasized Bible

Making, for the wind, a weight, and, the waters, he proved by measure,

Webster

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

World English Bible

He establishes the force of the wind. Yes, he measures out the waters by measure.

Youngs Literal Translation

To make for the wind a weight, And the waters He meted out in measure.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
the weight
משׁקל 
Mishqal 
Usage: 49

for the winds
רוּח 
Ruwach 
Usage: 378

and he weigheth
תּכן 
Takan 
Usage: 18

References

Easton

Context Readings

Job's Discourse On Wisdom

24 For he holdeth the ends of the world and looketh upon all that is under the heaven. 25 When he weighed the winds, and measured the waters; 26 When he set the rain in order, and gave the mighty floods a law;



Cross References

Psalm 135:7

He bringeth forth the clouds from the ends of the world, and sendeth forth lightnings with the rain, bringing the winds out of their treasuries.

Job 12:15

Behold, if he withhold the waters, they dry up; If he let them go, they destroy the earth.

Isaiah 40:12

"Who hath holden the waters in his fist? Who hath measured heaven with his span, and hath comprehended all the earth of the world in three measures? Who hath weighed the mountains and hills in a balance?

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