Job 38:5
Who determined the measures of it, if thou know? Or who stretched the line upon it?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
In Context
4Where were thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou have understanding.
6Upon what were the foundations of it fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone of it
Cross References
Job 11:9The measure of it is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Psalms 19:4Their line has gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tabernacle for the sun,
Proverbs 8:27When he established the heavens, I was there. When he set a circle upon the face of the deep,
Isaiah 34:11But the pelican and the porcupine shall possess it. And the owl and the raven shall dwell in it. And he will stretch over it the line of confusion, and the plummet of emptiness.
Isaiah 40:22[It is] he who sits above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers, who stretches out the heavens as a curtain, and spreads them out as a tent to dwell in,
2 Corinthians 10:16in order to preach the good-news beyond you, not to boast in another measure, in things prepared.
Matthew Henry on Job 38:5-12
The Creation of the World. ( b. c. 1520.) 4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. 5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? 6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; 7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? 8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? 9 When I made the… Read the whole commentary →