Job 38:5
Who fixed its dimensions, that thou shouldst know it! Or who stretched out the line upon it?
Noyes Bible
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 the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding!
6Upon what were its foundations fixed? And who laid its corner-stone,
Cross References
Job 11:9The measure thereof is longer than the earth, And broader than the sea.
Psalms 19:4Yet their sound goeth forth to all the earth, And their words to the ends of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
Proverbs 8:27When he framed the heavens, I was there; When he drew a circle upon the face of the deep;
Isaiah 34:11The pelican and the hedgehog shall possess it; The heron and the raven shall dwell in it; Over it will he draw the measuring-line of destruction. And the plummet of desolation.
Isaiah 40:22It is He that sitteth above the circle of the earth, And the inhabitants are to him as grasshoppers; That stretcheth out the heavens as a canopy, And spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;
2 Corinthians 10:16so that we may preach the gospel in the regions beyond you; not boasting, in another's line, of things 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 →