Job 38:6
Upon what were its foundations fixed? And who laid its corner-stone,
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
In Context
5Who fixed its dimensions, that thou shouldst know it! Or who stretched out the line upon it?
7When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Cross References
Psalms 24:2For he hath founded it upon the seas, And established it upon the floods.
Psalms 104:5He established the earth on its foundations; It shall not be removed for ever.
Psalms 144:12That our sons may be as plants, Grown up in their youth; Our daughters as corner-pillars, Hewn like those of a palace!
Zechariah 12:1The prophecy of the word of Jehovah concerning Israel. Thus saith Jehovah, who stretched out the heavens, And laid the foundation of the earth, And formed the spirit of man within him:
2 Peter 3:5For of this they are willingly ignorant, that of old by the word of God there were heavens, and an earth formed out of the water and by the 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 →