Job 38:6 · KJV
“Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; {foundations: Heb. sockets} {fastened: Heb. made to sink?}”
— Job 38:6
Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Job 38 — Context
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. {hast...: Heb. knowest 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; {foundations: Heb. sockets} {fastened: Heb. made to sink?}
7When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
8Or {who} shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, {as if} it had issued out of the womb?
Cross References
Job 26:7
He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, {and} hangeth the earth upon nothing.
Psalms 104:5
{Who} laid the foundations of the earth, {that} it should not be removed for ever. {Who...: Heb. He hath founded the earth upon her bases}
Psalms 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.
Isaiah 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.
Zechariah 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.
2 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: {standing: Gr. consisting}
Psalms 118:22
The stone {which} the builders refused is become the head {stone} of the corner.
Psalms 24:2
For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.