Verse 12
Isaiah 40:12
Noah Webster Bible
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Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and measured heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Original Language Text
hebrew
מִֽי מָדַ֨ד בְּ/שָׁעֳל֜/וֹ מַ֗יִם וְ/שָׁמַ֨יִם֙ בַּ/זֶּ֣רֶת תִּכֵּ֔ן וְ/כָ֥ל בַּ/שָּׁלִ֖שׁ עֲפַ֣ר הָ/אָ֑רֶץ וְ/שָׁקַ֤ל בַּ/פֶּ֨לֶס֙ הָרִ֔ים וּ/גְבָע֖וֹת בְּ/מֹאזְנָֽיִם
English Translation
Who measured the waters in the hollow of his hand and marked off the heavens with a span, and weighed the dust of the earth in a measure and weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in balances?
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 40 Context
1
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God (Elohim).
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2
Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry to her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniqui...
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3
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the...
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4
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall...
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5
And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh together shall see it : for the mouth of...
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6
The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all its goodliness is as...
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7
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the p...
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8
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God (Elohim) shall shall stand forever.
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9
O Zion, that bringest good tidings, go up upon the high mountain: O Jerusalem, that bringest good ti...
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10
Behold, the LORD GOD will come with strong hand , and his arm will rule for him: behold, his reward...
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11
He will feed his flock like a shepherd: he will gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his...
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12
Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and measured heaven with the span, and compr...
13
Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counselor hath taught him?
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14
With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taugh...
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15
Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: beh...
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16
And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts of it sufficient for a burnt-offering.
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17
All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
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18
To whom then will ye liken God (Elohim)? or what likeness will ye compare to him?
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19
The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silve...
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20
He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh fo...
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21
Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not unde...
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22
It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are as grasshoppers; that st...
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23
That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
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24
Yes, they shall not be planted; yes, they shall not be sown: yes, their stock shall not take root in...
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25
To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equaled? saith the Holy One.
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26
Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things , that bringeth out their host b...
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27
Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is pa...
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28
Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God (Elohim), the LORD, the Creator o...
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29
He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
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30
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
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31
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagle...
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