Job 38:5
Who placed its measures—if you know? Or who has stretched out a line on it?
Literal Standard 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 you when I founded the earth? Declare, if you have known understanding.
6On what have its sockets been sunk? Or who has cast its cornerstone—
Cross References
Job 11:9Its measure [is] longer than earth, and broader than the sea.
Psalms 19:4Their line has gone forth into all the earth, || And their sayings to the end of the world, || In them He placed a tent for the sun,
Proverbs 8:27In His preparing the heavens I [am] there, || In His decreeing a circle on the face of the deep,
Isaiah 34:11And pelican and hedgehog possess her, || And owl and raven dwell in her, || And He has stretched out over her || A line of vacancy, and stones of emptiness.
Isaiah 40:22He who is sitting on the circle of the earth, || And its inhabitants [are] as grasshoppers, || He who is stretching out the heavens as a thin thing, || And spreads them as a tent to dwell in.
2 Corinthians 10:16to proclaim good news in the [places] beyond you, not in another’s line in regard to the things made ready, to boast;
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 →