Isaiah 40:12
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Berean Study 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?

Young's Literal Translation
Who hath measured in the hollow of his hand the waters? And the heavens by a span hath meted out, And comprehended in a measure the dust of the earth, And hath weighed in scales the mountains, And the hills in a balance?

King James Bible
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?

Hebrew
Who
מִֽי־ (mî-)
Interrogative
Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix

has measured
מָדַ֨ד (mā·ḏaḏ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4058: To stretch, to measure, to be extended

the waters
מַ֗יִם (ma·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

in the hollow of his hand,
בְּשָׁעֳל֜וֹ (bə·šā·‘o·lōw)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 8168: Hollow hand, handful

or marked off
תִּכֵּ֔ן (tik·kên)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 8505: To balance, measure out, arrange, equalize, levelling

the heavens
וְשָׁמַ֙יִם֙ (wə·šā·ma·yim)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky

with the span of his hand?
בַּזֶּ֣רֶת (baz·ze·reṯ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2239: The spread of the fingers, a span

Who has held
וְכָ֥ל (wə·ḵāl)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3557: To keep in, to measure, to maintain

the dust
עֲפַ֣ר (‘ă·p̄ar)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6083: Dust, clay, earth, mud

of the earth
הָאָ֑רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

in a basket,
בַּשָּׁלִ֖שׁ (baš·šā·liš)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7991: A triple, a triangle, a three-fold measure, a general of the third rank

or weighed
וְשָׁקַ֤ל (wə·šā·qal)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 8254: To suspend, poise

the mountains
הָרִ֔ים (hā·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country

on a scale
בַּפֶּ֙לֶס֙ (bap·pe·les)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6425: A balance, scale

and the hills
וּגְבָע֖וֹת (ū·ḡə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 1389: A hillock

with a balance?
בְּמֹאזְנָֽיִם׃ (bə·mō·zə·nā·yim)
Preposition-b | Noun - md
Strong's 3976: A pair of scales

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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