Job 38:5
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Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest or who hath stretched the line upon it?

laid

Job 11:9 The measure of him is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

Job 28:25 Who made a weight for the winds, and weighed the waters by measure.

Proverbs 8:27 When he established the sky above, and poised the fountains of waters:

Isaiah 40:12,22 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and weighed the heavens with his palm? who hath poised with three fingers the bulk of the earth, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? . . .

who hath stretched

Psalm 19:4 Their sound hath gone forth into all the earth: and their words unto the ends of the world.

Psalm 78:55 And he made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tabernacles.

Isaiah 34:11 The bittern and ericius shall possess it: and the ibis and the raven shall dwell in it: and a line shall be stretched out upon it, to bring it to nothing, and a plummet, unto desolation.

Zechariah 2:1,2 And I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold a man, with a measuring line in his hand. . . .

2 Corinthians 10:16 Yea, unto those places that are beyond you to preach the gospel: not to glory in another man's rule, in those things that are made ready to our hand.

Context
God Challenges Job
4Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? tell me if thou hast understanding. 5Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest or who hath stretched the line upon it?6Upon what are its bases grounded? or who laid the corner stone thereof,…
Cross References
Job 34:13
What other hath he appointed over the earth? or whom hath he set over the world which he made?

Proverbs 8:29
I was with him forming all things: and was delighted every day, playing before him at all times;

Isaiah 40:12
Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and weighed the heavens with his palm? who hath poised with three fingers the bulk of the earth, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

Lexicon
Who
מִי־ (mî-)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix

fixed
שָׂ֣ם (śām)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

its measurements?
מְ֭מַדֶּיהָ (mə·mad·de·hā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4461: Measurement

Surely
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

you know!
תֵדָ֑ע (ṯê·ḏā‘)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3045: To know

Or
א֤וֹ (’ōw)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 176: Desire, if

who
מִֽי־ (mî-)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix

stretched
נָטָ֖ה (nā·ṭāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5186: To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend

a measuring line
קָּֽו׃ (qāw)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 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 Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against


Additional Translations
Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it?Who has laid the measures thereof, if you know? or who has stretched the line on it?

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

who set the measures of it, if thou knowest? or who stretched a line upon it?

Who set the measures thereof -- if thou knowest? or who stretched a line upon it?

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

Who hath laid the measures of it, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?

Who determined its measures, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it?

Who placed its measures -- if thou knowest? Or who hath stretched out upon it a line?
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