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Isaiah 40

Isa. 40:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Who hath measured
madad (Hebrew #4058)
by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively, to be extended
KJV usage: measure, mete, stretch self.
Pronounce: maw-dad'
Origin: a primitive root: properly, to stretch
the waters
mayim (Hebrew #4325)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
KJV usage: + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Pronounce: mah'-yim
Origin: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
in the hollow of his hand
sho`al (Hebrew #8168)
the palm; by extension, a handful
KJV usage: handful, hollow of the hand.
Pronounce: sho'-al
Origin: from an unused root meaning to hollow out
, and meted out
takan (Hebrew #8505)
to balance, i.e. measure out (by weight or dimension); figuratively, arrange, equalize, through the idea of levelling (ment. estimate, test)
KJV usage: bear up, direct, be ((un-))equal, mete, ponder, tell, weigh.
Pronounce: taw-kan'
Origin: a primitive root
heaven
shamayim (Hebrew #8064)
from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
KJV usage: air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).
Pronounce: shaw-mah'-yim
Origin: dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}
with the span
zereth (Hebrew #2239)
the spread of the fingers, i.e. a span
KJV usage: span.
Pronounce: zeh'-reth
Origin: from 2219
, and comprehended
kuwl (Hebrew #3557)
properly, to keep in; hence, to measure; figuratively, to maintain (in various senses)
KJV usage: (be able to, can) abide, bear, comprehend, contain, feed, forbearing, guide, hold(-ing in), nourish(-er), be present, make provision, receive, sustain, provide sustenance (victuals).
Pronounce: kool
Origin: a primitive root
the dust
`aphar (Hebrew #6083)
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
KJV usage: ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.
Pronounce: aw-fawr'
Origin: from 6080
of the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
in a κmeasure
shaliysh (Hebrew #7991)
or shalosh (2 Sam. 23:13) {shaw-loshe'}; from 7969; a triple, i.e. (as a musical instrument) a triangle (or perhaps rather three-stringed lute); also (as an indefinite, great quantity) a three-fold measure (perhaps a treble ephah); also (as an officer) a general of the third rank (upward, i.e. the highest)
KJV usage: captain, instrument of musick, (great) lord, (great) measure, prince, three (from the margin).
Pronounce: shaw-leesh'
Origin: or shalowsh ( 1 Chron. 11:11; 12:18) {shaw- loshe'}
, and weighed
shaqal (Hebrew #8254)
to suspend or poise (especially in trade)
KJV usage: pay, receive(-r), spend, X throughly, weigh.
Pronounce: shaw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
the mountains
har (Hebrew #2022)
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
KJV usage: hill (country), mount(-ain), X promotion.
Pronounce: har
Origin: a shortened form of 2042
in scales
pelec (Hebrew #6425)
a balance
KJV usage: scales, weight.
Pronounce: peh'-les
Origin: from 6424
, and the hills
gib`ah (Hebrew #1389)
a hillock
KJV usage: hill, little hill.
Pronounce: ghib-aw'
Origin: feminine from the same as 1387
in a balance
mo'zen (Hebrew #3976)
(only in the dual) a pair of scales
KJV usage: balances.
Pronounce: mo-zane'
Origin: from 239
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tierce.

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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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measured.
Isa. 48:13• 13Yea, my hand hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spread abroad the heavens: I call unto them, they stand up together. (Isa. 48:13)
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Job 11:7‑9• 7Canst thou by searching find out +God? canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection?
 8It is as the heights of heaven; what wilt thou do? deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know?
 9The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. (Job 11:7‑9)
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Job 38:4‑11• 4Where wast thou when I founded the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.
 5Who set the measures thereof--if thou knowest? or who stretched a line upon it?
 6Whereupon were the foundations thereof sunken? or who laid its corner-stone,
 7When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
 8And who shut up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, issuing out of the womb?
 9When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it;
 10When I cut out for it my boundary, and set bars and doors,
 11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? (Job 38:4‑11)
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Psa. 102:25‑26• 25Of old hast thou founded the earth, and the heavens are the work of thy hands:
 26*They* shall perish, but *thou* continuest; and all of them shall grow old as a garment: as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed. (Psa. 102:25‑26)
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Psa. 104:2‑3• 2Covering thyself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent-curtain;--
 3Who layeth the beams of his upper chambers in the waters, who maketh clouds his chariot, who walketh upon the wings of the wind; (Psa. 104:2‑3)
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Prov. 8:26‑28• 26while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world.
 27When he prepared the heavens I was there; when he ordained the circle upon the face of the deep;
 28when he established the skies above, when the fountains of the deep became strong; (Prov. 8:26‑28)
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Prov. 30:4• 4Who hath ascended up into the heavens, and descended? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound the waters in a mantle? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou knowest? (Prov. 30:4)
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Heb. 1:10‑12• 10And, *Thou* in the beginning, Lord, hast founded the earth, and works of thy hands are the heavens.
 11They shall perish, but *thou* continuest still; and they all shall grow old as a garment,
 12and as a covering shalt thou roll them up, and they shall be changed; but *thou* art the Same, and thy years shall not fail. (Heb. 1:10‑12)
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Rev. 20:11• 11And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled, and place was not found for them. (Rev. 20:11)
measure.
Heb. tierce.
weighed.
Job 28:25• 25In making a weight for the wind, and meting out the waters by measure, (Job 28:25)
• The verses that follow present to us the greatness and glory of the Creator-God in the most exalted language. (“Isaiah 40:9-45:14” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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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?