Job 38:5
Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who stretched the line upon it?
Revised Version 1895
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.
6Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
Cross References
Job 11:9The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Psalms 19:4Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
Proverbs 8:27When he established the heavens, I was there: when he set a circle upon the face of the deep:
Isaiah 34:11But the pelican and the porcupine shall possess it; and the owl and the raven shall dwell therein: and he shall stretch over it the line of confusion, and the plummet of emptiness.
Isaiah 40:22It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
2 Corinthians 10:16so as to preach the gospel even unto the parts beyond you, and not to glory in another’s province in regard of things 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 →