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Job 28:25–28

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25“When He set aweight to the wind

And bmeted out the waters by measure,

26When He set a alimit for the rain

And a course for the bthunderbolt,

27Then He saw it and recounted it;

He established it and also searched it out.

28“So He said to man, ‘Behold, the afear of the Lord, that is wisdom;

And to turn away from evil is understanding.’”

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Cross references

  1. aPs 135:7
  2. bJob 12:15; 38:8–11
  3. aJob 37:6, 11, 12; 38:26–28
  4. bJob 37:3; 38:25
  5. aPs 111:10; Prov 1:7; 9:10; Eccl 12:13

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

When he gave to the wind its weight

and apportioned the waters by measure,

when he made a decree for the rain

and a way for the lightning of the thunder,

then he saw it and declared it;

he established it, and searched it out.

And he said to man,

‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom,

and to turn away from evil is understanding.’ ”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

When he established the force of the wind

and measured out the waters,

when he made a decree for the rain

and a path for the thunderstorm,

then he looked at wisdom and appraised it;

he confirmed it and tested it.

And he said to the human race,

“The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom,

and to shun evil is understanding.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When God fixed the weight of the wind

and distributed the water by measure,

when he established a limit for the rain

and a path for the lightning,

he considered wisdom and evaluated it;

he established it and examined it.

He said to mankind,

“The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom.

And to turn from evil is understanding.”

NLTNew Living Translation

He decided how hard the winds should blow

and how much rain should fall.

He made the laws for the rain

and laid out a path for the lightning.

Then he saw wisdom and evaluated it.

He set it in place and examined it thoroughly.

And this is what he says to all humanity:

‘The fear of the Lord is true wisdom;

to forsake evil is real understanding.’ ”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

When he gave weight to the wind

and he apportioned the waters by measure,

when he made a rule for the rain

and a way for the thunder’s lightning bolt,

then he saw it and talked about it;

he established it, and moreover, he explored it.

And to the human beings he said,

‘Look, the fear of the Lord is wisdom,

and to depart from evil is understanding.’ ”

KJV 1900King James Version

To make the weight for the winds;

And he weigheth the waters by measure.

When he made a decree for the rain,

And a way for the lightning of the thunder:

Then did he see it, and declare it;

He prepared it, yea, and searched it out.

And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;

And to depart from evil is understanding.