Job 28:25
Modern Translations
New International Version
When he established the force of the wind and measured out the waters,

New Living Translation
He decided how hard the winds should blow and how much rain should fall.

English Standard Version
When he gave to the wind its weight and apportioned the waters by measure,

Berean Study Bible
When God fixed the weight of the wind and measured out the waters,

New American Standard Bible
“When He imparted weight to the wind, And assessed the waters by measure,

NASB 1995
"When He imparted weight to the wind And meted out the waters by measure,

NASB 1977
“When He imparted weight to the wind, And meted out the waters by measure,

Amplified Bible
“When He gave weight and pressure to the wind And allotted the waters by measure,

Christian Standard Bible
When God fixed the weight of the wind and distributed the water by measure,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When God fixed the weight of the wind and limited the water by measure,

Contemporary English Version
When God divided out the wind and the water,

Good News Translation
When God gave the wind its power And determined the size of the sea;

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

International Standard Version
"He imparted weight to the wind; he regulated water by his measurement.

NET Bible
When he made the force of the wind and measured the waters with a gauge.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.

New King James Version
To establish a weight for the wind, And apportion the waters by measure.

King James 2000 Bible
To make the weight for the wind; and he apportions the waters by measure.

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

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

A Faithful Version
He endowed the winds with weight, and gauged 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.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
To make the weight of the windes, and to weigh the waters by measure.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
When he wayed the windes and measured the waters:

Coverdale Bible of 1535
When he weyed the wyndes, & measured ye waters:
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
To make a weight for the wind, "" And He meted out the waters in measure.

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

Smith's Literal Translation
To make the weight for the wind; and he weighed the waters by measure.

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

Catholic Public Domain Version
He created a counterweight for the winds, and he suspended the waters to measure them.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Because he made a scale for the wind and has prepared a weight with a measure

Lamsa Bible
For he made a weight for the wind, and meted it out by the measure.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
When He maketh a weight for the wind, And meteth out the waters by measure.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
all that he has made; the weight of the winds, the measures of the water.
















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