Job 38:5
“Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest?.... Did God or a creature? The Lord, no doubt. He laid them out in…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Who hath laid the measures thereof - That is, as an architect applies his measures when he rears a house. If thou…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Who hath laid the measures thereof - Who hath adjusted its polar and equatorial distances from the center?
Who hath…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Job 38:4-11
For the humbling of Job, God here shows him his ignorance even concerning the earth and the sea. Though so near, though…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
if thou knowest Rather, that thou shouldest know. Job knew well who laid (rather, fixed) the measures of the earth, but…
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