Job 38:6
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Upon what are its bases grounded? or who laid the corner stone thereof,

Whereupon

Job 26:7 He stretched out the north over the empty space, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.

1 Samuel 2:8 He raiseth up the needy from the dust, and lifteth up the poor from the dunghill: that he may sit with princes, and hold the throne of glory. For the poles of the earth are the Lord's, and upon them he hath set the world.

Psalm 24:2 For he hath founded it upon the seas; and hath prepared it upon the rivers.

Psalm 93:1 The Lord hath reigned, he is clothed with beauty: the Lord is clothed with strength, and hath girded himself. For he hath established the world which shall not be moved.

Psalm 104:5 Who hast founded the earth upon its own bases: it shall not be moved for ever and ever.

Zechariah 12:1 The burden of the word of the Lord upon Israel. Thus saith the Lord, who stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundations of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man in him:

2 Peter 3:5 For this they are wilfully ignorant of: That the heavens were before, and the earth out of water and through water, consisting by the word of God:

foundations.

Exodus 26:18-25 Of which twenty shall be in the south side southward. . . .

fastened.

Psalm 118:22 The stone which the builders rejected; the same is become the head of the corner.

Psalm 144:12 Whose sons are as new plants in their youth: Their daughters decked out, adorned round about after the similitude of a temple:

Isaiah 28:16 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold I will lay a stone in the foundations of Sion, a tried stone, a corner stone, a precious stone, founded in the foundation. He that believeth, let him not hasten.

Ephesians 2:20,21 Built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone: . . .

Context
God Challenges Job
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,7When the morning stars praised me together, and all the sons of God made a joyful melody?…
Cross References
Job 26:7
He stretched out the north over the empty space, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.

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

Lexicon
On what
מָ֭ה (māh)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

were its foundations
אֲדָנֶ֣יהָ (’ă·ḏā·ne·hā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 134: A base, pedestal

laid,
הָטְבָּ֑עוּ (hā·ṭə·bā·‘ū)
Verb - Hofal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 2883: To sink, sink down

or
א֥וֹ (’ōw)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 176: Desire, if

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

set
יָ֝רָ֗ה (yā·rāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3384: To flow as water, to lay, throw, to point out, to teach

its core {in place}—
אֶ֣בֶן (’e·ḇen)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 68: A stone


Additional Translations
On what were its foundations laid, or who set its core in place—Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;

Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone thereof,

On what are its rings fastened? and who is he that laid the corner-stone upon it?

Whereupon were the foundations thereof sunken? or who laid its corner-stone,

Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;

Upon what are the foundations of it fastened? or who laid its corner stone;

Whereupon were its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone,

On what have its sockets been sunk? Or who hath cast its corner-stone?
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