Job 38:5
Who set the measures of it, if thou knowest? 1 Or who stretched a line upon it? 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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 founded the earth? 1 Tell me now, if thou hast knowledge, 1
6On what are its rings fastened? 1 And who is he that laid the cornerstone upon it? 1
Cross References
Job 11:9Or longer than the measure of the earth, 1 Or the breadth of the sea. 1
Psalms 19:4Remember all thy sacrifice, 1 And enrich thy whole burnt offering. Pause. 1
Proverbs 8:27When he prepared the heaven, I was present with him; 1 And when he prepared his throne upon the winds: 1
Isaiah 34:11and for a long time birds and hedgehogs, and ibises and ravens shall dwell in it: and the measuring line of desolation shall be cast over it, and satyrs shall dwell in it.
Isaiah 40:22It is he that comprehends the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants in it are as grasshoppers; he that set up the heaven as a chamber, and stretched it out as a tent to dwell in:
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 →