Isaiah 40:12 — all translations

American Standard Version (1901)

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?

ASV Byzantine Text

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?

Asang Khongca Bible

Ban hoi tuipuinawk tah kami, ban hoi van kar kami, benthang hoi maiphu tah kami, maenawk, maesomnawk coi hoiah tah kami loe mi aa?

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

A kutpha dongah tui aka loeng, vaan te khap at la aka khap tih diklai laipi khaw baelpuei dongah aka hluem, tlang neh som boeih khaw cooi dongah coilung pakhat neh aka thuek te unim?

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

A kutpha dongah tui aka loeng, vaan te khap at la aka khap tih diklai laipi khaw baelpuei dongah aka hluem, tlang neh som boeih khaw cooi dongah coilung pakhat neh aka thuek te unim?

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Owai ka mea i ana i na wai maloko o ka poho o kona lima? A ana aku hoi i na lani ma ke kikoo, A ana no hoi i ka lepo o ka honua iloko o ka mea ana, A kaupaona i na kuahiwi ma na mea kaupaona, A me na mauna hoi maloko o na paonakaulike?

English Berean Standard Bible

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance?

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Kilès ki ka mezire valè dlo ki nan lanmè a ak men l'? Kilès ki ka pran lajè syèl la ak dwèt li? Kilès ki ka mete tout tè a nan yon ti mezi? Kilès ki ka pran pèz mòn yo ak pèz ti bit yo nan balans?

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Quis mensus est pugillo aquas, et cælos palmo ponderavit? quis appendit tribus digitis molem terræ, et liberavit in pondere montes, et colles in statera?

Bible in Basic English

In the hollow of whose hand have the waters been measured? and who is able to take the heavens in his stretched-out fingers? who has got together the dust of the earth in a measure? who has taken the weight of the mountains, or put the hills into the scales?

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Qui a mesuré les eaux dans le creux de sa main, et réglé les cieux avec l’empan, et mesuré dans un boisseau la poussière de la terre ? Qui a pesé les montagnes au crochet, ou les collines dans la balance ?

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Kdo změřil hrstí svou vody, a nebesa pídí rozměřil? A kdo změřil měrou prach země, a zvážil na váze hory, a pahrbky na závaží?

Kosraean Bible

Ya oasr mwet ku in srikeya meoa uh ke inpaol, Ku srike kusrao ke sralapan paol? Ya oasr sie mwet ku in nwanak fohk ke faclu in sie cup, Ku pauniya eol ac inging uh ke sie mwe paun?

World Portuguese Bible

Quem mediu as águas na concha da sua mão, e marcou o céu com o seu palmo, e calculou o pó da terra em um cesto de medida, e pesou os montes em balanças, e as colinas em uma balança de precisão?

Romanian BTF Bible

Cine a măsurat apele în căuşul palmei sale şi a măsurat cerul cu palma şi a cuprins ţărâna pământului într-o măsură şi a cântărit munţii în cântare şi dealurile într-o balanţă?

Brenton English Septuagint

Who has measured the water in his hand, and the heaven with a span, and all the earth in a handful? Who has weighed the mountains in scales, and the forests in a balance?

Burmese Common Language Bible

သမုဒ္ဒရာရေကိုလက်ခုပ်ဖြင့်ချင်တွယ်နိုင်သူ၊ သို့တည်းမဟုတ်၊မိုးကောင်းကင်ကိုလက်နှင့်ထွာ၍ တိုင်းတာနိုင်သူရှိပါသလော။ မြေဆီလွှာရှိသမျှကိုခွက်ဖလားတွင်ထည့် ထားနိုင်သူ၊ သို့တည်းမဟုတ်တောင်ကြီးတောင်ငယ်တို့ကို ချိန်ခွင်နှင့်ချိန်စက်နိုင်သူရှိပါသလော။

Darby Translation

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?

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Wer hat die Wasser gemessen mit seiner hohlen Hand und die Himmel abgegrenzt mit der Spanne, und hat den Staub der Erde in ein Maß gefaßt, und die Berge mit der Waage gewogen und die Hügel mit Waagschalen?

Dutch Bible 1917

Wie heeft de wateren met Zijn vuist gemeten, en van de hemelen met de span de maat genomen, en heeft met een drieling het stof der aarde begrepen, en de bergen gewogen in een waag, en de heuvelen in een weegschaal?

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Wie heeft de wateren gepeild in zijn vuist, De hemel omspannen met de palm van zijn hand; Wie het stof van de aarde in een maatje gemeten, De bergen op een weegschaal gewogen, de heuvels op een balans?

Italian Diodati Bible

CHI ha misurate le acque col pugno, e chi ha fatto il conto dello spazio del cielo con la spanna, ed ha compresa la polvere della terra in una misura, ed ha pesati i monti con la stadera, e i colli con la bilancia ?

Douay-Rheims 1899

Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and weighed the heavens with his palm? who hath poised with three fingers the bulk of the earth, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

Geneva Bible 1599

Who hath measured the waters in his fist? and counted heauen with the spanne, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure? and weighed ye mountaines in a weight, and the hilles in a balance?

Noyes Bible

Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, And meted out the heavens with his span, And gathered the dust of the earth into a measure, And weighed the mountains in scales, And the hills in a balance?

Danish Bible 1931

Hvo måler Vandet i sin Hånd, afmærker med Fingerspand Himlen, måler Jordens Støv i Skæppe og vejer Bjerge med Bismer eller i Vægtskål Høje?

Leeser Tanakh

Who hath measured in the hollow of his hand the waters, and meted out the heavens with the span, and comprised in a measure the dust of the earth, and weighed in the scale-beam the mountains, and the hills in balances?

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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?

King James Version

¶ 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?

King James Version + Apocrypha

¶ 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?

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Ai đã lấy lòng bàn tay mà lường biển, lấy gang tay mà đo các từng trời? Ai đã lấy đấu mà đong bụi đất? Ai đã dùng cân mà cân núi, và dùng thăng bằng mà cân gò?

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

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?

Revised West Version

Ko hai kuo ne fua ʻae ngaahi vai ʻi hono ʻaofi nima, pea fuofua ʻae langi ʻaki ʻae hanga, pea fakakātoa ʻae efuefu ʻoe fonua ʻi he meʻa fuofua, pea kuo fakamamafa ʻae ngaahi moʻunga ʻi he meʻa fakamamafa, pea mo e ngaahi tafungofunga ʻi he meʻa fakatatau?

French Ostervald Bible

Qui a mesuré les eaux avec le creux de sa main, et qui a pris avec la paume les dimensions des cieux? Qui a ramassé dans un boisseau la poussière de la terre? Qui a pesé au crochet les montagnes, et les collines à la balance?

Esperanto Bible

Kiu mezuris per sia mankavo la akvon kaj difinis la ĉielon per la manlarĝo kaj metis en mezurilon la polvon de la tero kaj pesis per pesilo la montojn kaj la montetojn per pesiltaso?

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Qui a mesuré les eaux dans le creux de sa main, Pris les dimensions des cieux avec la paume, Et ramassé la poussière de la terre dans un tiers de mesure? Qui a pesé les montagnes au crochet, Et les collines à la balance?

German Luther Bible 1912

Wer mißt die Wasser mit der hohlen Hand und faßt den Himmel mit der Spanne und begreift den Staub der Erde mit einem Dreiling und wägt die Berge mit einem Gewicht und die Hügel mit einer Waage?

LXX2012 U. S. English

Who has measured the water in his hand, and the heaven with a span, and all the earth in a handful? Who has weighed the mountains in scales, and the forests in a balance?

British English Septuagint 2012

Who has measured the water in his hand, and the heaven with a span, and all the earth in a handful? Who has weighed the mountains in scales, and the forests in a balance?

Majority Standard BIble

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance?

Webster Bible

Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and measured 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?

Revised Version

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?

Italian Riveduta Bible

Chi ha misurato le acque nel cavo della sui mano o preso le dimensioni del cielo con la spanna? Chi ha raccolto la polvere della terra in una misura o pesato le montagne con la stadera ed i colli con la bilancia?

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Qui a mesuré les eaux dans le creux de sa main, et pris les dimensions du ciel avec l'empan, et mesuré la poussière de la terre dans un boisseau, et pesé les montagnes à la balance, et les collines sur des trébuchets ?

Reina Valera 1909

¿Quién midió las aguas con su puño, y aderezó los cielos con su palmo, y con tres dedos allegó el polvo de la tierra, y pesó los montes con balanza, y con peso los collados?

Spanish BLL

¿Quién midió las aguas en el cuenco de su mano, o los cielos con la palma de su mano? ¿Quién recogió en una medida el polvo de la tierra, o pesó las montañas y las colinas en la balanza?

Spanish Free Bible for the World

¿Quién midió las aguas con el hueco de su mano y los cielos con su palmo, con tres dedos juntó el polvo de la tierra, y pesó los montes con balanza y con pesas los collados?

Croatian Bible

Tko je šakom izmjerio more i nebesa premjerio pedljem? Tko je mjericom izmjerio zemlju i planine na mjerila, a tezuljom bregove?

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Ko je izmerio vodu grstima svojim i nebesa premerio peđu? Ko je merom izmerio prah zemaljski, i gore izmerio na merila i bregove na poteg?

German Textbibel

Wer hat mit seiner hohlen Hand die Wasser gemessen und dem Himmel mit der Spanne sein Maß bestimmt, wer hat in einen Dreiling gefaßt den Staub der Erde und mit einer Schnellwage die Berge gewogen und die Hügel mit Wagschalen?

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Who has measured the water in his hand, and the heaven with a span, and all the earth in a handful? Who has weighed the mountains in scales, and the forests in a balance?

Hebrew OT (WLC)

מִֽי־מָדַ֨ד בְּשָׁעֳל֜וֹ מַ֗יִם וְשָׁמַ֨יִם֙ בַּזֶּ֣רֶת תִּכֵּ֔ן וְכָ֥ל בַּשָּׁלִ֖שׁ עֲפַ֣ר הָאָ֑רֶץ וְשָׁקַ֤ל בַּפֶּ֨לֶס֙ הָרִ֔ים וּגְבָע֖וֹת בְּמֹאזְנָֽיִם׃