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Job 38:5 KJV
Job · chapter 38 · verse 5
Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?Job 38:5 · King James Version
Job 38:5 in context
3Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
4Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
5Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
6Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
7When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
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Key words (Strong's)
- stretchednâṭâhto stretch or spread outH5186 →
- measuresmêmada measureH4461 →
- knowestyâdaʻto knowH3045 →
- laidsûwmto putH7760 →
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For the humbling of Job, God here shows him his ignorance even concerning the earth and the sea. Though so near, though so bulky, yet he could give no account of their origination, much less of heaven above or hell beneath, which are at such a distance, or of the several parts of matter which are so minute, and then,…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 4-11