King James Version
Job 28:25 in the King James Version says “To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.” — study this verse from Job chapter 28 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.”
Job 28:25 · KJV
God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;
To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.
When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out. declare: or, number it
KJV Study — Public Domain
“for the winds”
H7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the
“and he weigheth”
H8505to balance, i.e., measure out (by weight or dimension); figuratively to arrange, equalize, through the idea of levelling (ment, estimate, test)
“by measure”
H4060properly, extension, i.e., height or breadth; specifically, tribute (as measured)
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