Job 38:5
New King James Version
5 Who determined its measurements?
Surely you know!
Or who stretched the [a]line upon it?
Footnotes
- Job 38:5 measuring line
Isaiah 40:12
New King James Version
12 (A)Who has measured the [a]waters in the hollow of His hand,
Measured heaven with a [b]span
And calculated the dust of the earth in a measure?
Weighed the mountains in scales
And the hills in a balance?
Footnotes
- Isaiah 40:12 So with MT, LXX, Vg.; DSS adds of the sea; Tg. adds of the world
- Isaiah 40:12 A span .5 cubit, 9 inches; or the width of His hand
Zechariah 2:1-2
New King James Version
Vision of the Measuring Line
2 Then I raised my eyes and looked, and behold, (A)a man with a measuring line in his hand. 2 So I said, “Where are you going?”
And he said to me, (B)“To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.”
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Job 11:9
New King James Version
9 Their measure is longer than the earth
And broader than the sea.
2 Corinthians 10:16
New King James Version
16 to preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man’s sphere of accomplishment.
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Isaiah 40:22
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22 It is He who sits above the circle of the earth,
And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers,
Who (A)stretches out the heavens like a curtain,
And spreads them out like a (B)tent to dwell in.
Isaiah 34:11
New King James Version
11 (A)But the [a]pelican and the [b]porcupine shall possess it,
Also the owl and the raven shall dwell in it.
And (B)He shall stretch out over it
The line of confusion and the stones of emptiness.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 34:11 Or owl
- Isaiah 34:11 Or hedgehog
Proverbs 8:27
New King James Version
27 When He prepared the heavens, I was there,
When He drew a circle on the face of the deep,
Psalm 78:55
New King James Version
55 (A)He also drove out the nations before them,
(B)Allotted them an inheritance by [a]survey,
And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.
Footnotes
- Psalm 78:55 surveyed measurement, lit. measuring cord
Psalm 19:4
New King James Version
In them He has set a [b]tabernacle for the sun,
Footnotes
- Psalm 19:4 LXX, Syr., Vg. sound; Tg. business
- Psalm 19:4 tent
Job 28:25
New King James Version
25 (A)To establish a weight for the wind,
And apportion the waters by measure.
Proverbs 8:29
New King James Version
29 (A)When He assigned to the sea its limit,
So that the waters would not transgress His command,
When (B)He marked out the foundations of the earth,
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