Job 38:6
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?
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?
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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 stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
Read in contextPsalms 104:5
Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
Read in contextPsalms 93:1
The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.
Read in contextIsaiah 28:16
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
Read in context2 Peter 3:5
For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
Read in contextZechariah 12:1
The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
Read in contextPsalms 118:22
The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.
Read in contextPsalms 144:12
That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:
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