Job 28:25

What does Job 28:25 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 28:25 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

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

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Who made a weight for the winds, and weighed the waters by measure.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

v.24For he looketh to the ends of the earth, And seeth under the whole heaven;

v.25This passage

v.26When he made a decree for the rain, And a way for the lightning of the thunder;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 12:15

    Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; Again, he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

  • Isaiah 40:12

    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?

  • Psalms 135:7

    Who causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; Who maketh lightnings for the rain; Who bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries;

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