12 (A)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?
13 (B)Who has measured[a] the Spirit of the Lord,
    or what man shows him his counsel?
14 Whom did he consult,
    and who made him understand?
(C)Who taught him the path of justice,
    and taught him knowledge,
    and showed him the way of understanding?
15 Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket,
    and are accounted (D)as the dust on the scales;
    behold, he takes up (E)the coastlands like fine dust.
16 Lebanon would not suffice for fuel,
    nor are (F)its beasts enough for a burnt offering.
17 (G)All the nations are as nothing before him,
    they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness.

18 (H)To whom then will you liken God,
    (I)or what likeness compare with him?
19 (J)An idol! A craftsman casts it,
    and a goldsmith overlays it with gold
    and casts for it silver chains.

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Footnotes

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