Job 38:5

“Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? etc.] Did God or a creature? The Lord, no doubt. He laid them out in his divine mind, and laid them forth by his divine power; who does all things by weight and measure. He fixed the dimensions of the earth, how long, how thick, and how broad it should be; he settled the borders and boundaries of it. This Job might know that the Lord did; but he laid them, and what they are that are laid, he knew not. Mathematicians pretend to give us the circumference and diameter of the earth; but in their accounts are not agreed, but widely differ; which shows they are at no certainty about them f1299 ; and Job and the men of his age might be still less…”

“measures--of its proportions. Image from an architect's plans of a building. line--of measurement (Isa 28:17). The earth is formed on an all-wise plan.”

“Who hath laid the measures thereof - That is, as an architect applies his measures when he rears a house. If thou knowest - Or rather, “for thou knowest.” The expression is wholly ironical, and is designed to rebuke Job’s pretensions of being able to explain the divine administration. Or who hath stretched the line upon it - As a carpenter uses a line to mark out his work; see the notes at Isaiah 28:17. The earth is represented as a building, the plan of which was laid out beforehand, and which was then made according to the sketch of the architect. It is not, therefore, the work of chance or fate. It is laid out and constructed according to a wise plan, and in a method evincing infinite…”

“Measures - Who hath prescribed how long and broad and deep it should be. Line - the measuring line to regulate all its dimensions. Job 38:6”

“laid: Job 11:9, Job 28:25; Pro 8:27; Isa 40:12, Isa 40:22 who hath stretched: Psa 19:4, Psa 78:55; Isa 34:11; Zac 2:1, Zac 2:2; Co2 10:16 Job 38:6”