Job 38:6
“Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened?.... Or the pillars of it, as Ben Gersom interprets it; see Psa 75:3; and…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Whereupon are the foundations - Margin, “sockets.” The Hebrew word (אדן 'eden) means “a basis,” as of a column, or a…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? - How does it continue to revolve in the immensity of space? What…
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
are the foundations fastened Or, were the foundations sunk? All the tenseshere should be put in the simple past.
The…
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