Job 38:6
On what have its sockets been sunk? Or who has cast its cornerstone—
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
In Context
5Who placed its measures—if you know? Or who has stretched out a line on it?
7In the singing together of [the] stars of morning, || When all [the] sons of God shout for joy?
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:8He raises the poor from the dust, || He lifts up the needy from a dunghill, || To cause [them] to sit with nobles, || Indeed, He causes them to inherit a throne of glory, || For the fixtures of earth [are] of YHWH, || And He sets the habitable world on them.
Psalms 24:2For He has founded it on the seas, || And He establishes it on the floods.
Psalms 104:5He has founded earth on its bases, || It is not moved for all time and forever.
Psalms 144:12Because our sons [are] as plants, || Becoming great in their youth, || Our daughters as hewn stones, || Polished—the likeness of a palace,
Zechariah 12:1The burden of a word of YHWH on Israel. A declaration of YHWH, || Stretching out the heavens, and founding earth, || And forming the spirit of man in his midst:
2 Peter 3:5for this they willingly conceal, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth having been established by the word of God out of water and through 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 →