Job 38:5
Who determined its dimensions? Tell me, if you know. 1 Who stretched the measuring line over it? 1
Unlocked Literal 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 were you when I laid the earth's foundations? 1 Tell me, if you have so much understanding. 1
6On what were its foundations laid? 1 Who laid its cornerstone 1
Cross References
Job 11:9Its measure is longer than the earth, 1 and wider than the sea. 1
Psalms 19:4Yet their words go out over all the earth, 1 and their speech to the end of the world. 1 He has pitched a tent for the sun among them. 1
Proverbs 8:27I was there when he established the heavens, 1 when he drew a circle on the surface of the deep. 1
Isaiah 34:11But wild birds and animals will live there; the owl and the raven will make their nest in it. 1 He will stretch over it the measuring line of ruin and the plumbline of destruction. 1
Isaiah 40:22He is the one who sits above the horizon of the earth; and the inhabitants are like grasshoppers before him. 1 He stretches out the heavens like a curtain and spreads them out as a tent to live in. 1
2 Corinthians 10:16We hope for this, so that we may preach the gospel even in regions beyond you. We will not boast about the work being done in another's area. 1
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 →