KJV King James Version
Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
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Job 38:6
Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone,
WEB World English Bible
Whereupon were its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone,
ASV American Standard Version
Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone thereof,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
On what have its sockets been sunk? Or who hath cast its corner-stone?
Surrounding context — Job 38
3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
8 Or [who] shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, [as if] it had issued out of the womb?
9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
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Job 26:7He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, [and] hangeth the earth upon nothing.Psalm 104:5[Who] laid the foundations of the earth, [that] it should not be removed for ever.Psalm 93:1The 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.Zechariah 12:1The 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.Psalm 118:22The stone [which] the builders refused is become the head [stone] of the corner.2 Peter 3:5For 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:Isaiah 28:16Therefore 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.Ephesians 2:20-21And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner [stone];Psalm 24:2For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.Psalm 144:12That our sons [may be] as plants grown up in their youth; [that] our daughters [may be] as corner stones, polished [after] the similitude of a palace:Exodus 26:18-25And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward.1 Samuel 2:8He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, [and] lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set [them] among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth [are] the LORD’S, and he hath set the world upon them.
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