Bible verse
Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it?
Job 38:5 · BSB
The verses around it, from Job 38.
1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
2 “Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?
3 Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.
4 Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.
5 Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it?
6 On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone,
7 while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
8 Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,
9 when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket,
KJV
Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
ASV
Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched the line upon it?
ERV
Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who stretched the line upon it?
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