Job 38:5
Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 wast thou when I laid up the foundations of the earth ? tell me if thou hast understanding.
6Upon what are its bases grounded? or who laid the corner stone thereof,
Cross References
Job 11:9The measure of him is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Psalms 19:4There are no speeches nor languages, where their voices are not heard.
Proverbs 8:27When he prepared the heavens, I was present: when with a certain law and compass he enclosed the depths:
Isaiah 34:11The bittern and ericius shall possess it: and the ibis and the raven shall dwell in it: and a line shall be stretched out upon it, to bring it to nothing, and a plummet, unto desolation.
Isaiah 40:22It is he that sitteth upon the globe of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as locusts: he that stretcheth out the heavens as nothing, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in.
2 Corinthians 10:16Yea, unto those places that are beyond you, to preach the gospel, not to glory in another man's rule, in those things that are made ready to our hand.
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 →