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Job 28:25
When God fixed the weight of the wind and measured out the waters,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God speaks in Job 28 to humanity, describing His sovereign control over creation as the answer to their search for wisdom. The verse appears between statements about God's omniscience (28:24) and His regulation of storms (28:26).
The words — תִּכֵּ֥ן (ti.Ken) means "he measured" and בְּ/מִדָּֽה (be./mi.Dah) means "with a measure." מִשְׁקָ֑ל (mish.Kal) translates literally to "weight" in reference to the wind.
The thread — The measurement motif appears in Isaiah 40:12, where God measures the waters in the hollow of His hand. Job 12:15 and Psalms 135:7 describe God's direct control over water and wind without using measurement imagery.
Why it lands — The text states that God established precise limits for atmospheric and hydrological forces. It requires the reader to acknowledge that natural order exists solely by divine decree, not human calculation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.
Cross-references
- Psalms 135:7 He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
- Isaiah 40:12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance?
- Job 12:15 If He holds back the waters, they dry up, and if He releases them, they overwhelm the land.