Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it? New Living Translation Who determined its dimensions and stretched out the surveying line? English Standard Version Who determined its measurements—surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? Berean Standard Bible Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it? King James Bible Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? New King James Version Who determined its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? New American Standard Bible Who set its measurements? Since you know. Or who stretched the measuring line over it? NASB 1995 Who set its measurements? Since you know. Or who stretched the line on it? NASB 1977 Who set its measurements, since you know? Or who stretched the line on it? Legacy Standard Bible Who set its measurements? Since you know. Or who stretched the line on it? Amplified Bible “Who determined the measurements [of the earth], if you know? Or who stretched the [measuring] line on it? Christian Standard Bible Who fixed its dimensions? Certainly you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it? Holman Christian Standard Bible Who fixed its dimensions? Certainly you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it? American Standard Version Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched the line upon it? Aramaic Bible in Plain English Who set down its measurements, if you know, and who has stretched a cord upon it? Brenton Septuagint Translation who set the measures of it, if thou knowest? or who stretched a line upon it? Contemporary English Version Doubtless you know who decided its length and width. Douay-Rheims Bible Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? English Revised Version Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who stretched the line upon it? GOD'S WORD® Translation Who determined its dimensions? Certainly, you know! Who stretched a measuring line over it? Good News Translation Who decided how large it would be? Who stretched the measuring line over it? Do you know all the answers? International Standard Version Who set its measurement? Am I to assume you know? Who stretched a boundary line over it? JPS Tanakh 1917 Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched the line upon it? Literal Standard Version Who placed its measures—if you know? Or who has stretched out a line on it? Majority Standard Bible Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it? New American Bible Who determined its size? Surely you know? Who stretched out the measuring line for it? NET Bible Who set its measurements--if you know--or who stretched a measuring line across it? New Revised Standard Version Who determined its measurements—surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? New Heart English Bible Who determined its measures, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it? Webster's Bible Translation Who hath laid the measures of it, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? World English Bible Who determined its measures, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it? Young's Literal Translation Who placed its measures -- if thou knowest? Or who hath stretched out upon it a line? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context God Challenges Job…4Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding. 5Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it? 6On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone,… Cross References Job 34:13 Who gave Him charge over the earth? Who appointed Him over the whole world? Proverbs 8:29 when He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth. Isaiah 40:12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance? Treasury of Scripture Who has laid the measures thereof, if you know? or who has stretched the line on it? laid Job 11:9 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. Job 28:25 To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure. Proverbs 8:27 When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth: who hath stretched Psalm 19:4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, Psalm 78:55 He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents. Isaiah 34:11 But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness. Jump to Previous Determined Dimensions Fixed Line Marked Measurements Measures Measuring Placed Stretched Surely Thereof WisdomJump to Next Determined Dimensions Fixed Line Marked Measurements Measures Measuring Placed Stretched Surely Thereof WisdomJob 38 1. God challenges Job to answer4. God, by his mighty works, convinces Job of ignorance 31. and weakness Verse 5. - Who determined the measures thereof? Everything in creation is orderly, measured, predetermined, governed by law and will The actual weight of the planets is fixed by Divine wisdom, with a view to the stability and enduringness of the solar system (comp. Isaiah 40:12). If thou knowest; literally, for thou knowest - an anticipation of the lofty irony which comes out so remarkably in ver. 21. Or who hath stretched the line upon it? Human builders determine the dimensions of their constructions by means of a measuring-line (Ezekiel 40:3-49, etc.). The writer carries out his metaphor of a building by supposing a measuring-rod to have been used at the creation of the earth also. Some find a trace of the idea in Genesis 1:9, where they translate קָווּ הַמַּיִם, "Let the waters be marked out with a line." Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Whoמִי־ (mî-) Interrogative Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix fixed שָׂ֣ם (śām) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set its measurements? מְ֭מַדֶּיהָ (mə·mad·de·hā) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 4461: Measurement Surely כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction you know! תֵדָ֑ע (ṯê·ḏā‘) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 3045: To know Or א֤וֹ (’ōw) Conjunction Strong's 176: Desire, if who מִֽי־ (mî-) Interrogative Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix stretched נָטָ֖ה (nā·ṭāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5186: To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend a measuring line קָּֽו׃ (qāw) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6957: A cord, for, measuring, a rule, a rim, a musical string, accord across it? עָלֶ֣יהָ (‘ā·le·hā) Preposition | third person feminine singular Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against Links Job 38:5 NIVJob 38:5 NLT Job 38:5 ESV Job 38:5 NASB Job 38:5 KJV Job 38:5 BibleApps.com Job 38:5 Biblia Paralela Job 38:5 Chinese Bible Job 38:5 French Bible Job 38:5 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 38:5 Who determined its measures if you know? 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