Job 38:6

Job 38:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
• New International Version (NIV)On what were its footings set, or who laid its cornerstone—
• English Standard Version (ESV)On what were its bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone,
• New King James Version (NKJV)To what were its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone,

Context of Job 38:6

4Where wast thou when I founded the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding. 5Who set the measures thereof — if thou knowest? or who stretched a line upon it? Whereupon were the foundations thereof sunken? or who laid its corner-stone, 7When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? 8And who shut up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, issuing out of the womb?

Job 38:6 word by word

עַל־מָ֭ה אֲדָנֶ֣יהָ הָטְבָּ֑עוּ א֥וֹ מִֽי־יָ֝רָ֗ה אֶ֣בֶן פִּנָּתָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Job 38:6

• Job 26:7He stretcheth out the north over empty space, he hangeth the earth upon nothing;
• 1 Samuel 2:8He raiseth up the poor out of the dust; from the dung-hill he lifteth up the needy, To set [him] among nobles; and he maketh them inherit a throne of glory; For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah's, and he hath set the world upon them.
• Psalms 24:2For it was he that founded it upon seas, and established it upon floods.
• Psalms 93:1Jehovah reigneth, he hath clothed himself with majesty: Jehovah hath clothed himself, he hath girded himself with strength; yea, the world is established, it shall not be moved.
• Psalms 104:5He laid the earth upon its foundations: it shall not be removed for ever.
• Zechariah 12:1The burden of the word of Jehovah concerning Israel. [Thus] saith Jehovah, who stretcheth out the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him:
• 2 Peter 3:5For this is hidden from them through their own wilfulness, that heavens were of old, and an earth, having its subsistence out of water and in water, by the word of God,
• Exodus 26:18And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward.
• Psalms 118:22[The] stone which the builders rejected hath become the head of the corner:
• Psalms 144:12That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; our daughters as corner-columns, sculptured after the fashion of a palace:
• Isaiah 28:16Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I lay for foundation in Zion a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner-stone, a sure foundation: he that trusteth shall not make haste.
• Ephesians 2:20being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the corner-stone,

Commentaries on Job 38:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? - How does it continue to revolve in the immensity of space? What supports it? Has it foundations like a building, and is it fastened with a key-stone, to keep the mighty fabric in union?Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Whereupon are the foundations - Margin, “sockets.” The Hebrew word (אדן 'eden ) means “a basis,” as of a column, or a pedestal; and then also the foundation of a building. The language here is evidently figurative, comparing the earth with an edifice. In building a house, the securing of a proper foundation is essential to its stability; and here God represents himself as rearing the earth on the most permanent and solid basis. The word is not used in the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-11Verses 4-11 For the humbling of Job, God here shows him his ignorance, even concerning the earth and the sea. As we cannot find fault with God's work, so we need not fear concerning it. The works of his providence, as well as the work of creation, never can be broken; and the work of redemption is no less firm, of which Christ himself is both the Foundation and the Corner-stone. The church stands as firm as the earth.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-41God challenges Job. Job admits he cannot judge the moral world. God shows Job's ignorance of the natural world's elements related to the realm of heaven, weather, animals, and birds (38:4–21; 22–38; 39–39:30).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. foundations--not "sockets," as Margin. fastened--literally, "made to sink," as a foundation-stone let down till it settles firmly in the clay (Job 26:7). Gravitation makes and keeps the earth a sphere.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 38:6

• Blessing
• Continents
• Cornerstone
• God
• House

In the dictionaries

• Corner-Stone
• Bar
• Consume
• Corner
• Covert
• Dark
• Hitherto
• Loose
• Reserve
• Satisfy

Commentaries on Job 38

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings