Job 38:6
Upon what have its bases been grounded, and who set forth its cornerstone,
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
In Context
5Who set its measurements, if you know, or who stretched a line over it?
7when the morning stars praised me together, and all the sons of God made a joyful noise?
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:8He raises up the indigent from the dust, and he lifts up the poor from filth, so that they may sit with princes, and take hold of a throne of glory. For the hinges of the earth belong to the Lord, and he has placed the globe upon them.
Psalms 24:2In you, my God, I trust. Let me not be put to shame.
Psalms 104:5Remember his miracles, which he has done, his portents and the judgments of his mouth:
Psalms 144:12so as to make known to the sons of men your power and the glory of your magnificent kingdom.
Zechariah 12:1The burden of the word of the Lord upon Israel. The Lord, stretching forth the heavens and founding the earth and forming the spirit of man within him, says:
2 Peter 3:5But they willfully ignore this: that the heavens existed first, and that the earth, from water and through water, was established 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 →