Isaiah 40:12 meaning and explanation
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?
Isaiah 40:12, Berean Standard Bible
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Isaiah 40 speaks comfort to Judah, and here the prophet asks a series of rhetorical questions that no one can answer. The Hebrew word for the hollow of the hand is shochal, a cupped palm, and the span is the distance across an outstretched hand.
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