Job 38:6 “On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone,”

Job 38:6

On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Whereupon are the foundations thereof set: or who layed the corner stone thereof:

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

On what were its pillars based, or who put down its angle-stone,

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Cross references

“Whereupon”

Job 26:7 Psalm 104:5 Psalm 93:1 Zechariah 12:1 2 Peter 3:5 Psalm 24:2

Job 26:7 · BSB

He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.

Psalm 104:5 · BSB

He set the earth on its foundations, never to be moved.

Psalm 93:1 · BSB

The LORD reigns! He is robed in majesty; the LORD has clothed and armed Himself with strength. The world indeed is firmly established; it cannot be moved.

Zechariah 12:1 · BSB

This is the burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus declares the LORD, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, who forms the spirit of man within him:

2 Peter 3:5 · BSB

But they deliberately overlook the fact that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water,

Psalm 24:2 · BSB

For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.

“foundations”

Exodus 26:18–25

Exodus 26:18–25 · BSB

Construct twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle,

“or”

Psalm 118:22 Isaiah 28:16 Psalm 144:12 Ephesians 2:20 Ephesians 2:21

Psalm 118:22 · BSB

The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

Isaiah 28:16 · BSB

So this is what the Lord GOD says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken.

Psalm 144:12 · BSB

Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace.

Ephesians 2:20 · BSB

built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.

Ephesians 2:21 · BSB

In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it?

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

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