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Job 38:5 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

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

Job 38:5

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3 Brace yourself like a man, for I will question you, then you answer me!

4 “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.

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

6 What were its foundations fastened on? Or who laid its cornerstone,

7 when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

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"I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand."

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Job 28:25

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"He establishes the force of the wind. Yes, he measures out the waters by measure."

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2 Chronicles 3:3

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"Now these are the foundations which Solomon laid for the building of God’s house: the length by cubits after the first measure was sixty cubits, and the width twenty cubits."

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Job 11:9

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"Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea."

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Psalms 78:55

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"He also drove out the nations before them, allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents."

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From This Chapter

Job 38:1

"Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind,"

Job 38:2

"“Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge?"

Job 38:3

"Brace yourself like a man, for I will question you, then you answer me!"

Job 38:4

"“Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding."

Job 38:6

"What were its foundations fastened on? Or who laid its cornerstone,"

Job 38:7

"when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?"

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