God knows how much the universe weighs. The Bible does not say what it weighs, but it does say that God weighs the universe.
"God weighs the universe in Isa. 40:12,"[1]
ζυγός zygós [yoke, scales] <G2218>,
2. A significant figurative use is found for destiny and human worth. Job’s sufferings weigh more than the sand (i.e., they cannot be measured) (6:2). We ourselves are to be weighed (Job 31:6; cf. Mic. 6:11). We count for nothing in God’s sight (Ps. 62:9; cf. Isa. 40:15). Belshazzar’s kingdom, when weighed, is found wanting. Though the LXX translates this differently, the idea of weighing in judgment occurs in many apocryphal and apocalyptic texts.3. The image of the “yoke” is also common in the LXX. It denotes political tyranny in 2 Chron. 10:4ff. (cf. Gen. 27:40) and alien rule in Isa. 19:10; 14:29; 47:6; Dan. 8:25. Deliverance is the taking away of the yoke in Isa. 9:3 and its breaking by God in Lev. 26:13 (cf. the false prophecy in Jer. 28:2, 4, 11). In the moral sphere, slaves must be under the yoke (Sirach 30:35), one must avoid the yoke of the tongue (28:19), but it is good to accept the yoke of wisdom (51:26). Sinners do not want to bear God’s yoke (Jer. 2:20) but finally the nations will bear it gladly (Zeph. 3:9). The suffering of the righteous is construed as God’s yoke (cf. Matt. 11:29-30).
[G. BERTRAM, II, 896–98][1]
Balances, 335
divine; the fairness of God
Job 31:6
Psalm 62:9
Proverbs 16:2
Proverbs 16:11
Isaiah 40:12
Daniel 5:27
Revelation 6:5
See:
DIVINE JUSTICE, 1975
[2]
APPENDIX / BIBLIOGRAPHY
[1]-Bromiley, Geoffrey W., trans., Gerhard Kittel, Gerhard Friedrich, ed. Theological Dictionary of the New Testament: Abridged in One Volume Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, 2003. WORDsearch CROSS e-book.
[2] Thompson, Frank Charles. Thompson Chain Reference Bible. Indianapolis,
IN: B. B. Kirkbride Bible Co., 1997. WORDsearch CROSS e-book.
[3]Mounce's Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words: Expository Dictionary.
ζυγός zygós [yoke, scales] <G2218>,
ἑτεροζυγέω heterozygéō [to be unevenly yoked] <G2086>
zygós.
A. zygós in the LXX.
1. The normal LXX use is for “scales” or “yoke.” For scales in the secular sense cf. Ezek. 5:1 (division), Isa. 46:6, and Jer. 32:10 (weighing). God weighs the universe in Isa. 40:12, and demands just weights in Lev. 19:35; Ezek. 45:10; Hos. 12:7; Amos 8:5; Prov. 11:1; 16:11. Scales symbolize justice when given to Dan (cf. Gen. 49:16). For a moral use cf. Sirach 21:25; 28:25 (the measuring of words).2. A significant figurative use is found for destiny and human worth. Job’s sufferings weigh more than the sand (i.e., they cannot be measured) (6:2). We ourselves are to be weighed (Job 31:6; cf. Mic. 6:11). We count for nothing in God’s sight (Ps. 62:9; cf. Isa. 40:15). Belshazzar’s kingdom, when weighed, is found wanting. Though the LXX translates this differently, the idea of weighing in judgment occurs in many apocryphal and apocalyptic texts.3. The image of the “yoke” is also common in the LXX. It denotes political tyranny in 2 Chron. 10:4ff. (cf. Gen. 27:40) and alien rule in Isa. 19:10; 14:29; 47:6; Dan. 8:25. Deliverance is the taking away of the yoke in Isa. 9:3 and its breaking by God in Lev. 26:13 (cf. the false prophecy in Jer. 28:2, 4, 11). In the moral sphere, slaves must be under the yoke (Sirach 30:35), one must avoid the yoke of the tongue (28:19), but it is good to accept the yoke of wisdom (51:26). Sinners do not want to bear God’s yoke (Jer. 2:20) but finally the nations will bear it gladly (Zeph. 3:9). The suffering of the righteous is construed as God’s yoke (cf. Matt. 11:29-30).
[G. BERTRAM, II, 896–98][1]
Balances, 335
divine; the fairness of God
Job 31:6
Psalm 62:9
Proverbs 16:2
Proverbs 16:11
Isaiah 40:12
Daniel 5:27
Revelation 6:5
See:
DIVINE JUSTICE, 1975
[2]
Measure
Old Testament
Verb: מָדַד (madad), GK 4499 (S <H4058>), 52x. madad conveys the basic activity involved in the determination of the measurement of an object and is translated “measure.” It is used 35x in Ezek. 40-42 to describe the measuring of portions in the temple. The term also represents the power (Isa. 40:12) and omnipresence of God, as in Isa. 40:12: “Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or with the breadth of his hand marked off the heavens?”[3]APPENDIX / BIBLIOGRAPHY
[2] Thompson, Frank Charles. Thompson Chain Reference Bible. Indianapolis,
IN: B. B. Kirkbride Bible Co., 1997. WORDsearch CROSS e-book. Brought to you by Rick Livermore
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