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 · 2000To make a weight for the wind: Yea, he meteth out the waters by measure.
KJV
King James Version · 1611To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901To make a weight for the wind: Yea, he meteth out the waters by measure.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949When he made a weight for the wind, measuring out the waters;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862To make for the wind a weight, And the waters He meted out in measure.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Who made a weight for the winds, and weighed the waters by measure.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890In making a weight for the wind, and meting out the waters by measure,
Context
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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