Job 38:6
What do its foundations rest upon? Who laid its cornerstone,
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
In Context
5Who decided its dimensions? Don't you know? Who stretched out a measuring line?
7when the stars of the morning sang together and all the angels shouted for joy.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:8He helps the poor up from the dust; he raises the lowborn from the trash pile and seats them with the upper class in places of honor. For the foundations of the earth belong to the Lord, and he has placed the world on them.
Psalms 24:2For he is the one who laid its foundations on the seas, setting it in place on the waters.
Psalms 104:5You set the earth on its foundations; it will never be shaken.
Psalms 144:12Then our sons will grow up like plants in their youth and become mature, and our daughters will be like beautiful pillars carved to support a palace.
Zechariah 12:1A prophecy: This message came from the Lord concerning Israel, a declaration of the Lord who spread out the heavens, who laid the foundations of the earth, and who placed the breath of life within human beings.
2 Peter 3:5But they deliberately ignore the fact that by God's command the heavens were created long ago. The earth came into existence from the water, and was surrounded by water.
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 →