Job 38:6
4 Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.
5 Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it?
On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone,
7 while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
8 Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,
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Compare
- BSB
- On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone,
- KJV
- Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
- WEB
- What were its foundations fastened on? Or who laid its cornerstone,
- ASV
- Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone thereof,
- DARBY
- Whereupon were the foundations thereof sunken? or who laid its corner-stone,
- BLB
- On what were its bases made to sink [in], or who cast the stone of its corner,
- ÅB
- Hvor ble dens støtter rammet ned, eller hvem la dens hjørnestein,
- OTB
- Hva ble dens fundamenter satt på,
eller hvem la dens hjørnestein— - B1930
- Hvor blev dens støtter rammet ned, eller hvem la dens hjørnesten,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 26:7
He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.
Read in contextPsalms 104:5
He set the earth on its foundations, never to be moved.
Read in contextPsalms 93:1
The LORD reigns! He is robed in majesty; the LORD has clothed and armed Himself with strength. The world indeed is firmly established; it cannot be moved.
Read in contextIsaiah 28:16
So this is what the Lord GOD says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken.
Read in context2 Peter 3:5
But they deliberately overlook the fact that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water,
Read in contextZechariah 12:1
This is the burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus declares the LORD, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, who forms the spirit of man within him:
Read in contextPsalms 118:22
The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
Read in contextPsalms 144:12
Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace.
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