Isaiah 40:12
Who 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?This verse in the real world
In what words
- פֶּלֶסpeleça balance
- שֹׁעַלshôʻalthe palm; by extension, a handful
- זֶרֶתzereththe spread of the fingers, i.e. a span
- תָּכַןtâkanto balance, i.e. measure out (by weight or dimension); figuratively, arrange, equalize, th
- שָׁלִישׁshâlîysha triple, i.e. (as a musical instrument) a triangle (or perhaps rather threestringed lute)
- שָׁקַלshâqalto suspend or poise (especially in trade)
- כּוּלkûwlproperly, to keep in; hence, to measure; figuratively, to maintain (in various senses)
- מָדַדmâdadproperly, to stretch; by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figurativel
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Pro 30:4, Heb 1:10–12, Psa 102:25–26, Job 38:4–11, Isa 48:13, Pro 8:26–28, Job 11:7–9, Job 28:25