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Unchecked Copy BoxIsaiah 40:12 -

Who has measured the [fn]waters in the hollow of His hand,

And [fn]encompassed the heavens by the [fn]span,

And [fn]calculated the dust of the earth by the measure,

And weighed the mountains in a balance

And the hills in a pair of scales?

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Translations for Isaiah 40:12
KJVKJV (read chapter in KJV)
Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out 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?

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NKJVNKJV (read chapter in NKJV)
Who has measured the waters[fn] in the hollow of His hand,
Measured heaven with a span
And calculated the dust of the earth in a measure?
Weighed the mountains in scales
And the hills in a balance?

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NLTNLT (read chapter in NLT)
Who else has held the oceans in his hand?
Who has measured off the heavens with his fingers?
Who else knows the weight of the earth
or has weighed the mountains and hills on a scale?

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NIVNIV (read chapter in NIV)
Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or with the breadth of his hand marked off the heavens? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on the scales and the hills in a balance?

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ESVESV (read chapter in ESV)
Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand
and marked off the heavens with a span,
enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure
and weighed the mountains in scales
and the hills in a balance?

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CSBCSB (read chapter in CSB)

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand

or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand?

Who has gathered the dust of the earth in a measure

or weighed the mountains on a balance

and the hills on the scales?

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NASB20NASB20 (read chapter in NASB20)

Who has measured the [fn]waters in the hollow of His hand,

And measured the heavens with a [fn]span,

And [fn]calculated the dust of the earth with a measure,

And weighed the mountains in a balance

And the hills in a pair of scales?

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NASB95NASB95 (read chapter in NASB95)
Who has measured the [fn]waters in the hollow of His hand,
And marked off the heavens by the [fn]span,
And [fn]calculated the dust of the earth by the measure,
And weighed the mountains in a balance
And the hills in a pair of scales?

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LSBLSB (read chapter in LSB)

Who has measured the [fn]waters in the hollow of His hand,

And [fn]encompassed the heavens by the [fn]span,

And [fn]calculated the dust of the earth by the measure,

And weighed the mountains in a balance

And the hills in a pair of scales?

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AMPAMP (read chapter in AMP)

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand,

And marked off the heavens with a span [of the hand],

And calculated the dust of the earth with a [fn]measure,

And weighed the mountains in a balance

And the hills in a pair of scales?

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NETNET (read chapter in NET)
Who has measured out the waters in the hollow of his hand, or carefully measured the sky, or carefully weighed the soil of the earth, or weighed the mountains in a balance, or the hills on scales?

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RSVRSV (read chapter in RSV)
Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand and marked off the heavens with a span, enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure and weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance?

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ASVASV (read chapter in ASV)
Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out 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?

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YLTYLT (read chapter in YLT)
Who hath measured in the hollow of his hand the waters? And the heavens by a span hath meted out, And comprehended in a measure the dust of the earth, And hath weighed in scales the mountains, And the hills in a balance?

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DBYDBY (read chapter in DBY)
Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out the heavens with his span, and grasped the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in a balance, and the hills in scales?

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WEBWEB (read chapter in WEB)
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?

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HNVHNV (read chapter in HNV)
Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out the sky with the span, and comprehended the dust of the eretz in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

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VULVUL (read chapter in VUL)
quis mensus est pugillo aquas et caelos palmo ponderavit quis adpendit tribus digitis molem terrae et libravit in pondere montes et colles in statera

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NAVNAV (read chapter in NAV)
مَنْ كَالَ الْمِيَاهَ بِكَفِّهِ وَقَاسَ السَّمَاوَاتِ بِالشِّبْرِ وَكَالَ تُرَابَ الأَرْضِ بِالْكَيْلِ وَوَزَنَ الْجِبَالَ بِقَبَّانٍ، وَالتِّلالَ بِمِيزَانٍ؟

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WLCWLC (read chapter in WLC)
מִֽי־מָדַ֨ד בְּשָׁעֳל֜וֹ מַ֗יִם וְשָׁמַ֨יִם֙ בַּזֶּ֣רֶת תִּכֵּ֔ן וְכָ֥ל בַּשָּׁלִ֖שׁ עֲפַ֣ר הָאָ֑רֶץ וְשָׁקַ֤ל בַּפֶּ֨לֶס֙ הָרִ֔ים וּגְבָע֖וֹת בְּמֹאזְנָֽיִם׃

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LXXLXX (read chapter in LXX)
τίς ἐμέτρησεν τῇ χειρὶ τὸ ὕδωρ καὶ τὸν οὐρανὸν σπιθαμῇ καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν δρακί τίς ἔστησεν τὰ ὄρη σταθμῷ καὶ τὰς νάπας ζυγῷ

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SVDSVD (read chapter in SVD)

مَنْ كَالَ بِكَفِّهِ الْمِيَاهَ، وَقَاسَ السَّمَاوَاتِ بِالشِّبْرِ، وَكَالَ بِالْكَيْلِ تُرَابَ الأَرْضِ، وَوَزَنَ الْجِبَالَ بِالْقَبَّانِ، وَالآكَامَ بِالْمِيزَانِ؟

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BESBES (read chapter in BES)
Who has measured the water in his hand, and the heaven with a span, and all the earth in a handful? Who has weighed the mountains in scales, and the forests in a balance?

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RVR09RVR09 (read chapter in RVR09)
¿Quién midió las aguas con su puño, y aderezó los cielos con su palmo, y con tres dedos allegó el polvo de la tierra, y pesó los montes con balanza, y con peso los collados?

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RVR60RVR60 (read chapter in RVR60)
¿Quién midió las aguas con el hueco de su mano y los cielos con su palmo, con tres dedos juntó el polvo de la tierra, y pesó los montes con balanza y con pesas los collados?

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BBEBBE (read chapter in BBE)
In the hollow of whose hand have the waters been measured? and who is able to take the heavens in his stretched-out fingers? who has got together the dust of the earth in a measure? who has taken the weight of the mountains, or put the hills into the scales?

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CHTCHT (read chapter in CHT)
誰曾用手心量諸水、用手虎口量蒼天、用升斗盛大地的塵土、用秤稱山嶺、用天平平岡陵呢。

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EMEM (read chapter in EM)
¿Quién midió las aguas en el hueco de su mano y calculó la extensión de los cielos con su palmo? ¿Quién contuvo en una medida el polvo de la tierra, y pesó los montes con báscula y las colinas en balanza?

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KORKOR (read chapter in KOR)
"누가 손바닥으로 바다 물을 헤아렸으며 뼘으로 하늘을 재었으며 땅의 티끌을 되에 담아 보았으며 명칭으로 산들을, 간칭으로 작은산들을 달아 보았으랴"

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LSLS (read chapter in LS)
Qui a mesuré les eaux dans le creux de sa main, Pris les dimensions des cieux avec la paume, Et ramassé la poussière de la terre dans un tiers de mesure? Qui a pesé les montagnes au crochet, Et les collines à la balance?

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LUTLUT (read chapter in LUT)
Wer mißt die Wasser mit der hohlen Hand und faßt den Himmel mit der Spanne und begreift den Staub der Erde mit einem Dreiling und wägt die Berge mit einem Gewicht und die Hügel mit einer Waage?

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RSTRST (read chapter in RST)
Кто исчерпал воды горстью своею и пядью измерил небеса, и вместил в меру прах земли, и взвесил на весах горы и на чашах весовых холмы?

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SESE (read chapter in SE)
¿Quién midió las aguas con su puño; y aderezó los cielos con su palmo; y con tres dedos apañó el polvo de la tierra; y pesó los montes con balanza, y los collados con peso?

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LSB Footnotes
DSS waters of the sea
Or measured, marked off
A span was approx. 9 in. or 23 cm
Lit contained, comprehended
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