Job 38:5
Who set the measurements thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched out over it a line?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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? Tell, if thou knowest understanding!
6Whereon were the pedestals thereof sunk? Or who laid the corner stone thereof;—
Cross References
Job 11:9Longer than the earth, is the measure thereof, and broader than the sea.
Psalms 19:4[Yet] through all the earth, hath gone forth their voice,—and, to the end of the world, their sayings,—For the sun, hath he set up a tent therein;
Proverbs 8:27When he prepared the heavens, there, was I! When he decreed a vault upon the face of the resounding deep;
Isaiah 34:11That the vomiting pelican and the bittern may possess it: And the great owl and the raven, dwell therein; Then will he stretch out over it The line of desolation, and The plummet of emptiness.
Isaiah 40:22It is he who sitteth upon the circle of the earth, While the inhabitants thereof are, as grass-hoppers,—Who stretcheth forth, as a curtain, the heavens, And spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;
2 Corinthians 10:16Unto the regions beyond you, to carry the glad-message: not, within another man’s limit, as to the things made ready, to boast ourselves.
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 →