King James Version

Job 28:25

To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.

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לַעֲשׂ֣וֹתlaasotto doעָשָׂהpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to do”, the to-form of the verbH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…לָר֣וּחַlaruchato angerרוּחַpreposition, with the article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “to anger”, the ordinary formH7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).מִשְׁקָ֑לmishqalweightמִשְׁקָלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “weight”, the ordinary formH4948weight (numerically estimated); hence, weighing (the act)(full) weight.וּ֝מַ֗יִםumayimand waterמַיִםconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “and water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).תִּכֵּ֥ןtikenbear upתָּכַןverb, piel, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “bear up”, a completed actionH8505to balance, i.e. measure out (by weight or dimension); figuratively, arrange, equalize, through the idea of levelling (ment. estimate, test)bear up, direct, be (un-)equal, mete, ponder, tell, weigh.בְּמִדָּֽהbemidahin garmentמִדָּהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “in garment”, the ordinary formH4060properly, extension, i.e. height or breadth; also a measure (including its standard); hence a portion (as measured) or a vestment; specifically, tribute (as measured)garment, measure(-ing, meteyard, piece, size, (great) stature, tribute, wide.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

When He maketh a weight for the wind, and meteth out the waters by measure.

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American Standard Version (1901)

To make a weight for the wind: Yea, he meteth out the waters by measure.

Young’s Literal Translation

To make for the wind a weight, And the waters He meted out in measure.

World English Bible

He establishes the force of the wind. Yes, he measures out the waters by measure.

Darby Translation

In making a weight for the wind, and meting out the waters by measure,

Douay-Rheims

Who made a weight for the winds and weighed the waters by measure.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

When He maketh a weight for the wind, and meteth out the waters by measure.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ἃ ἐποίησεν, ἀνέμων σταθμὸν, ὕδατος μέτρα ὅτε ἐποίησεν·