Job 38:5

Who determined its measures, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it?

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WEBBE

Who determined its measures, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it?

BSB

Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it?

KJV

Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?

ASV

Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched the line upon it?

BBE

By whom were its measures fixed? Say, if you have wisdom; or by whom was the line stretched out over it?

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Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 4–11

For the humbling of Job, God here shows him his ignorance, even concerning the earth and the sea. As we cannot find fault with God's work, so we need not fear concerning it. The works of his providence, as well as the work of creation, never can be broken; and the work of redemption is no less firm, of which Christ himself is both the Foundation and the Corner-stone. The church stands as firm as the earth.

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