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Job 28:25

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28:25When he made37 the force of the wind

and measured38 the waters with a gauge.

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Footnotes

  1. 37 Heb “he gave weight to the wind.” The form is the infinitive construct with the ל (lamed) preposition. Some have emended it to change the preposition to the temporal בּ (bet) on the basis of some of the versions (e.g., Latin and ) that have “who made.” This is workable, for the infinitive would then take on the finite tense of the previous verbs. An infinitive of purpose does not work well, for that would be saying God looked everywhere in order to give wind its proper weight (see R. Gordis, Job, 310).
  2. 38 The verb is the Piel perfect, meaning “to estimate the measure” of something. In the verse, the perfect verb continues the function of the infinitive preceding it, as if it had a ו (vav) prefixed to it. Whatever usage that infinitive had, this verb is to continue it (see §114.r).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

When he gave to the wind its weight

and apportioned the waters by measure,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

When he established the force of the wind

and measured out the waters,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When God fixed the weight of the wind

and distributed the water by measure,

NLTNew Living Translation

He decided how hard the winds should blow

and how much rain should fall.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

When he gave weight to the wind

and he apportioned the waters by measure,

KJV 1900King James Version

To make the weight for the winds;

And he weigheth the waters by measure.