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Isaiah 40:12

12 Who has ameasured the 1waters in the hollow of His hand,

And marked off the heavens by the 2span,

And 3calculated 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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Isaiah 40:12 — The New International Version (NIV)

12 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?

Isaiah 40:12 — English Standard Version (ESV)

12 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?

Isaiah 40:12 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

12 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?

Isaiah 40:12 — New Living Translation (NLT)

12 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?

Isaiah 40:12 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

12 Who has measured the waters 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?

Isaiah 40:12 — New Century Version (NCV)

12 Who has measured the oceans in the palm of his hand?

Who has used his hand to measure the sky?

Who has used a bowl to measure all the dust of the earth

and scales to weigh the mountains and hills?

Isaiah 40:12 — American Standard Version (ASV)

12 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?

Isaiah 40:12 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

12 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?

Isaiah 40:12 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

12 Who has measured the water of the seawith the palm of his hand 

or measured the sky with the length of his hand? 

Who has held the dust of the earth in a bushel basket 

or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills on a balance? 

Isaiah 40:12 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

12 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 in a balance

and the hills in the scales?

Isaiah 40:12 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

12 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?

Isaiah 40:12 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand

and marked off the heavens with a span,

comprehended the dust of the earth in a third of a measure

and weighed out the mountains in the scales, and the hills in a balance?

Isaiah 40:12 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

12 Who has measured the oceans by using the palm of his hand?

Who has used the width of his hand to mark off the sky?

Who has measured out the dust of the earth in a basket?

Who has weighed the mountains on scales?

Who has weighed the hills in a balance?


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