Isaiah 40:12
Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance?
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?
Note a measure: Heb. a tierce
Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and marked off the sky with his span, and calculated the dust of the earth in a measuring basket, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
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?
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- measured
- Isaiah 48:13; Job 11:7–9; Job 38:4–11; Psalm 102:25, 26; Psalm 104:2, 3; Proverbs 8:26–28; Proverbs 30:4; Hebrews 1:10–12; Revelation 20:11
- measure
- Heb. tierce. weighed.
- Job 28:25