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12 Who has measured the waters of the sea[a] 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?(A)

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  1. 40.12 Q ms: MT lacks of the sea

12 Who has measured the waters(A) in the hollow of his hand,(B)
    or with the breadth of his hand marked off the heavens?(C)
Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket,
    or weighed the mountains on the scales
    and the hills in a balance?(D)

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27 When he suddenly fell to the ground and deep darkness came over him, his men took him up, put him on a stretcher,(A)

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'2 Maccabees 3:27' not found for the version: New International Version.

21 So Antiochus carried off eighteen hundred talents from the temple and hurried away to Antioch, thinking in his arrogance that he could sail on the land and walk on the sea, because his mind was elated.(A)

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'2 Maccabees 5:21' not found for the version: New International Version.