Job 28:25
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Who made a weight for the winds, and weighed the waters by measure.

To make the weight, etc.

Psalm 135:7 He bringeth up clouds from the end of the earth: he hath made lightnings for the rain. He bringeth forth winds out of his stores:

Isaiah 40:12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and weighed the heavens with his palm? who hath poised with three fingers the bulk of the earth, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

Context
Where Can Wisdom Be Found?
24For he beholdeth the ends of the world: and looketh on all things that are under heaven. 25Who made a weight for the winds, and weighed the waters by measure.26When he gave a law for the rain, and a way for the sounding storms.…
Cross References
Job 12:15
If he withhold the waters, all things shall be dried up: and if he send them out, they shall overturn the earth.

Job 38:8
Who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth as issuing out of the womb:

Psalm 135:7
He bringeth up clouds from the end of the earth: he hath made lightnings for the rain. He bringeth forth winds out of his stores:

Lexicon
When God fixed
לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת (la·‘ă·śō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

the weight
מִשְׁקָ֑ל (miš·qāl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4948: Weight, weighing

of the wind
לָר֣וּחַ (lā·rū·aḥ)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit

and measured out
בְּמִדָּֽה׃ (bə·mid·dāh)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4060: Extension, height, breadth, a measure, a portion, a vestment, tribute

the waters,
וּ֝מַ֗יִם (ū·ma·yim)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen


Additional Translations
When God fixed the weight of the wind and measured out the waters,To make the weight for the winds; and he weighs the waters by measure.

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

all that he has made; the weight of the winds, the measures of the water.

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

To make a weight for the wind; yea, he meteth out the waters by measure.

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

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

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