Job 38:5

Old Testament Wisdom/Poetry ASV (1901)

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

Job 38:5 — American Standard Version

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Context — Job 38

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.

2Who is this that darkeneth counsel By words without knowledge?

3Gird up now thy loins like a man; For I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

4Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.

5Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched the line upon it?

6Whereupon were 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?

8Or [who] shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, [as if] it had issued out of the womb;

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