Job 28:25
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New International Version (©1984)
When he established the force of the wind and measured out the waters,

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"When He imparted weight to the wind And meted out the waters by measure,

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
When he gave the wind its force and measured the water [in the sea],

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

American King James Version
To make the weight for the winds; and he weighs the waters by measure.

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

Bible in Basic English
When he made a weight for the wind, measuring out the waters;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Who made a weight for the winds and weighed the waters by measure.

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

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

Webster's Bible Translation
To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.

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

Young's Literal Translation
To make for the wind a weight, And the waters He meted out in measure.

Geneva Study Bible

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

Wesley's Notes

28:25 Winds - God manageth them all by weight, appointing to every wind that blows, its season, its proportion, its bounds, when, and where, and how much, and how long each shall blow. He only doth all these things, and he only knows why he doth them. He instanceth in some few of God's works, and those which seem to be most trivial, and uncertain, that thereby he might more strongly imply that God doth the same in other things which are more considerable, that he doth all things in the most exact order, and weight, and measure. The waters - Namely, the rain - waters, which God layeth up in his store - houses, the clouds, and thence draws them forth, and sends them down upon the earth in such times and proportions as he thinks fit. Measure - For liquid things are examined by measure, as other things are by weight: and here is both weight and measure to signify with what perfect wisdom God governs the world.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

25. God has adjusted the weight of the winds, so seemingly imponderable, lest, if too weighty, or too light, injury should be caused. He measureth out the waters, fixing their bounds, with wisdom as His counsellor (Pr 8:27-31; Isa 40:12).

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

28:20-28 There is a two-fold wisdom; one hid in God, which is secret, and belongs not to us; the other made known by him, and revealed to man. One day's events, and one man's affairs, have such reference to, and so hang one upon another, that He only, to whom all is open, and who sees the whole at one view, can rightly judge of every part. But the knowledge of God's revealed will is within our reach, and will do us good. Let man look upon this as his wisdom, To fear the Lord, and to depart from evil. Let him learn that, and he is learned enough. Where is this wisdom to be found? The treasures of it are hid in Christ, revealed by the word, received by faith, through the Holy Ghost. It will not feed pride or vanity, or amuse our vain curiosity. It teaches and encourages sinners to fear the Lord, and to depart from evil, in the exercise of repentance and faith, without desiring to solve all difficulties about the events of this life.


Job 12:15 "Behold, He restrains the waters, and they dry up; And He sends them out, and they inundate the earth.
Job 38:8 "Or who enclosed the sea with doors When, bursting forth, it went out from the womb;
Psalm 135:7 He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; Who makes lightnings for the rain, Who brings forth the wind from His treasuries. (NASB ©1995)

Established Establishes Force Imparted Maketh Making Measure Measured Measures Measuring Meted Meting Waters Weigheth Weight Wind Winds


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

To make the weight, etc. (God has given an atmosphere to the earth, which, possessing a certain degree of gravity perfectly suited to the necessities of all animals, vegetables, and fluids, should be the cause, in His hands, of preserving animal and vegetable life; for by it the blood circulates in the veins of animals, and the juices in the tubes of vegetables. Without this atmospheric pressure there could be no respiration; and the elasticity of the particles of air in animal and vegetable bodies, would rupture the vessels in which they are contained, and destroy both kinds of life) Ps 135:7 Isa 40:12

he weigheth (He has exactly proportioned the aqueous surface of the earth to the terrene parts, for the purpose of evaporation, etc.)

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