Job 38:5
Who placed its measures — if thou knowest? Or who hath stretched out upon it a line?
Young's Literal Translation
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 earth? Declare, if thou hast known understanding.
6On what have its sockets been sunk? Or who hath cast its corner-stone?
Cross References
Job 11:9Longer than earth [is] its measure, And broader than the sea.
Psalms 19:4Into all the earth hath their line gone forth, And to the end of the world their sayings, For the sun He placed a tent in them,
Proverbs 8:27In His preparing the heavens I [am] there, In His decreeing a circle on the face of the deep,
Isaiah 34:11And possess her do pelican and hedge-hog, And owl and raven dwell in her, And He hath stretched out over her A line of vacancy, and stones of emptiness.
Isaiah 40:22He who is sitting on the circle of the earth, And its inhabitants [are] as grasshoppers, He who is stretching out as a thin thing the heavens, And spreadeth them as a tent to dwell in.
2 Corinthians 10:16in the [places] beyond you to proclaim good news, not in another's line in regard to the things made ready, to boast;
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 →