New American Standard Bible 1995

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Isaiah

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Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, And marked off the heavens by the span, And calculated the dust of the earth by the measure, And weighed the mountains in a balance And the hills in a pair of scales?

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
Who who? Pronoun H4310 מִֽי־ mi-
has measured to measure Verb H4058 מָדַ֨ד ma·dad
the waters waters, water Noun H4325 מַ֗יִם ma·yim
in the hollow of His hand, hollow hand, handful Noun H8168 בְּשָׁעֳלֹ֜ו be·sha·'o·lov
And marked off to regulate, measure, estimate Verb H8505 תִּכֵּ֔ן tik·ken,
the heavens heaven, sky Noun H8064 וְשָׁמַ֙יִם֙ ve·sha·ma·yim
by the span, a span Noun H2239 בַּזֶּ֣רֶת baz·ze·ret
And calculated to comprehend, contain Verb H3557 וְכָ֥ל ve·chol
the dust dry earth, dust Noun H6083 עֲפַ֣ר a·far
of the earth earth, land Noun H776 הָאָ֑רֶץ ha·'a·retz;
by the measure, a third (part) Noun H7991 בַּשָּׁלִ֖שׁ ba·sha·lish
And weighed to weigh Verb H8254 וְשָׁקַ֤ל ve·sha·kal
the mountains mountain, hill, hill country Noun H2022 הָרִ֔ים ha·rim,
in a balance a balance, scale Noun H6425 בַּפֶּ֙לֶס֙ bap·pe·les
And the hills a hill Noun H1389 וּגְבָעֹ֖ות u·ge·va·'o·vt
in a pair of scales? balances, scales Noun H3976 בְּמֹאזְנָֽיִם׃ be·mo·ze·na·yim.

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Mark

Mark  the evangelist; "John whose surname was Mark" ( Acts 12:12  Acts 12:25 ). Mark (Marcus,  Colossians 4:10 , etc.) was his Roman name, which gradually came to supersede his Jewish name John. He is called John in  Acts 13:5  Acts 13:13 , and Mark in 15:39,2Tim  4:11 , etc.  He was the son of Mary, a woman apparently of some means and influence, and was p... View Details

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New American Standard Bible 1995 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, And marked off the heavens by the span, And calculated the dust of the earth by the measure, And weighed the mountains in a balance And the hills in a pair of scales?
King James Bible Who has hath measured the waters in the hollow of His his hand, And marked off the heavens by and meted out heaven with the span, And calculated and comprehended the dust of the earth by the in a measure, And and weighed the mountains in a balance And scales, and the hills in a pair of scales?balance?
Hebrew Greek English Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, And marked off the heavens by the span, And calculated the dust of the earth by the measure, And weighed the mountains in a balance And the hills in a pair of scales?