Job 38:6
Upon what were the foundations of it fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone of it
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
In Context
5Who determined the measures of it, if thou know? Or who stretched the line upon it?
7when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:8He raises up the poor out of the dust, he lifts up the needy from the dunghill, to make them sit with rulers, and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are LORD's, and he has set the world upon them.
Psalms 24:2For he has founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
Psalms 104:5who laid the foundations of the earth that it should not be moved forever.
Psalms 144:12When our sons shall be as plants grown up in their youth, and our daughters as corner-stones hewn according to the fashion of a palace,
Zechariah 12:1The burden of the word of LORD concerning Israel. [Thus] says LORD, who stretches forth the heavens, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him:
2 Peter 3:5For this is willfully ignored by them, that long ago there were heavens, and an earth that came together out of water and by water by the word of God,
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 →