^{12 Ref} 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?

^{13 Ref} Who hath directed the Spirit of Jehovah, or being his counsellor hath taught him?

^{14 Ref} With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed to him the way of understanding?

^{15 Ref} Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are accounted as the small dust of the balance: Behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.

^{16 Ref} And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt-offering.

^{17 Ref} All the nations are as nothing before him; they are accounted by him as less than nothing, and vanity.

^{18 Ref} To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?

^{19 Ref} The image, a workman hath cast `it', and the goldsmith overlayeth it with gold, and casteth `for it' silver chains.

^{20 Ref} He that is too impoverished for `such' an oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a skilful workman to set up a graven image, that shall not be moved.