“When He imparted weight to the wind, And assessed the waters by measure,
Parallel translations
- WEB He establishes the force of the wind. Yes, he measures out the waters by measure.
- KJV To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.
- BSB When God fixed the weight of the wind and measured out the waters,
- NKJV To establish a weight for the wind, And apportion the waters by measure.
- NLT He decided how hard the winds should blow and how much rain should fall.
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Quick answer
God assigned weight to the wind and measured out the waters, ordering creation with wisdom.
Overview
Job describes God's wise governance of nature, fixing the force of the wind and the measure of the seas. Such precise ordering of creation displays the wisdom that man cannot attain. It reveals that the same God who established the laws of nature is the source of the wisdom by which His people are to live (Proverbs 3:19).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Ps 135:7who causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth; who makes lightnings with the rain; who brings the wind out of his treasuries;
- Isa 40:12Who 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?
- Job 12:15Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up. Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the earth.
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