Job 38:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Job 26:7 : 7 By his hand the north is stretched out in space, and the earth is hanging on nothing.
  • Ps 104:5 : 5 He has made the earth strong on its bases, so that it may not be moved for ever and ever;
  • Ps 118:22 : 22 The stone which the builders put on one side has become the chief stone of the building.
  • Isa 28:16 : 16 For this cause says the Lord God, See, I am placing in Zion as a base, a stone, a tested stone, an angle-stone which is certain and of great value: and he who has faith will not give way.
  • Ps 93:1 : 1 The Lord is King; he is clothed with glory; the Lord is clothed with strength; power is the cord of his robe; the world is fixed, so that it may not be moved.
  • 2 Pet 3:5 : 5 But in taking this view they put out of their minds the memory that in the old days there was a heaven, and an earth lifted out of the water and circled by water, by the word of God;
  • Zech 12:1 : 1 The word of the Lord about Israel. The Lord by whom the heavens are stretched out and the bases of the earth put in place, and the spirit of man formed inside him, has said:
  • Eph 2:20-21 : 20 Resting on the base of the Apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief keystone, 21 In whom all the building, rightly joined together, comes to be a holy house of God in the Lord;
  • Ps 24:2 : 2 For by him it was based on the seas, and made strong on the deep rivers.
  • Exod 26:18-25 : 18 These are the boards needed for the house; twenty boards for the south side, 19 With forty silver bases under the twenty boards, two bases under every board to take its tongues. 20 And twenty boards for the second side of the house on the north, 21 With their forty silver bases, two under every board. 22 And six boards for the back of the House on the west, 23 With two boards for the angles of the House at the back. 24 The two are to be joined together at the base and at the top to one ring, forming the two angles. 25 So there are to be eight boards, with their sixteen silver bases, two bases under every board.
  • 1 Sam 2:8 : 8 Lifting the poor out of the dust, and him who is in need out of the lowest place, to give them their place among rulers, and for their heritage the seat of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's and he has made them the base of the world.
  • Ps 144:12 : 12 Our sons are like tall young plants; and our daughters like the shining stones of a king's house;

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  • Job 38:4-5
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    4 Where were you when I put the earth on its base? Say, if you have knowledge.

    5 By whom were its measures fixed? Say, if you have wisdom; or by whom was the line stretched out over it?

  • Job 38:7-8
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    7 When the morning stars made songs together, and all the sons of the gods gave cries of joy?

    8 Or where were you when the sea came to birth, pushing out from its secret place;

  • Ps 104:5
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    5 He has made the earth strong on its bases, so that it may not be moved for ever and ever;

  • Isa 28:16
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    16 For this cause says the Lord God, See, I am placing in Zion as a base, a stone, a tested stone, an angle-stone which is certain and of great value: and he who has faith will not give way.

  • Ps 24:2
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    2 For by him it was based on the seas, and made strong on the deep rivers.

  • Job 38:12-13
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    12 Have you, from your earliest days, given orders to the morning, or made the dawn conscious of its place;

    13 So that it might take a grip of the skirts of the earth, shaking all the evil-doers out of it?

  • Ps 102:25
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    25 In the past you put the earth on its base, and the heavens are the work of your hands.

  • Prov 8:26-29
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    26 When he had not made the earth or the fields or the dust of the world.

    27 When he made ready the heavens I was there: when he put an arch over the face of the deep:

    28 When he made strong the skies overhead: when the fountains of the deep were fixed:

    29 When he put a limit to the sea, so that the waters might not go against his word: when he put in position the bases of the earth:

  • Ps 11:3
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    3 If the bases are broken down, what is the upright man to do?

  • 1 Kgs 7:10
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    10 And the base was of great masses of highly priced stone, some ten cubits and some eight cubits square.

  • Ps 118:22
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    22 The stone which the builders put on one side has become the chief stone of the building.

  • Prov 3:19
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    19 The Lord by wisdom put in position the bases of the earth; by reason he put the heavens in their place.

  • Job 38:18-20
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    18 Have you taken note of the wide limits of the earth? Say, if you have knowledge of it all.

    19 Which is the way to the resting-place of the light, and where is the store-house of the dark;

    20 So that you might take it to its limit, guiding it to its house?

  • Isa 40:21
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    21 Have you no knowledge of it? has it not come to your ears? has not news of it been given to you from the first? has it not been clear to you from the time when the earth was placed on its base?

  • Ps 87:1
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  • Heb 1:10
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    10 You, Lord, at the first did put the earth on its base, and the heavens are the works of your hands:

  • 1 Cor 3:11
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    11 For there is no other base for the building but that which has been put down, which is Jesus Christ.

  • Job 38:24-25
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    24 Which is the way to the place where the wind is measured out, and the east wind sent out over the earth?

    25 By whom has the way been cut for the flowing of the rain, and the flaming of the thunder;

  • Job 38:33
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    33 Have you knowledge of the laws of the heavens? did you give them rule over the earth?

  • Job 9:6
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    6 Who is moving the earth out of its place, so that its pillars are shaking:

  • Job 28:12
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    12 But where may wisdom be seen? and where is the resting-place of knowledge?

  • Job 38:36-38
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    36 Who has put wisdom in the high clouds, or given knowledge to the lights of the north?

    37 By whose wisdom are the clouds numbered, or the water-skins of the heavens turned to the earth,

    38 When the earth becomes hard as metal, and is joined together in masses?

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    10 Ordering a fixed limit for it, with locks and doors;

  • Job 22:16
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  • 1 Kgs 5:17
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    17 By the king's orders great stones, stones of high price, were cut out, so that the base of the house might be made of squared stone.

  • Job 28:20
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    20 From where then does wisdom come, and where is the resting-place of knowledge?

  • Job 38:16
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    16 Have you come into the springs of the sea, walking in the secret places of the deep?

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  • Ps 89:11
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    13 Who put the earth into his care, or made him responsible for the world?

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    11 He is the stone which you builders had no use for, but which has been made the chief stone of the building.

  • Job 28:6
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    6 Its stones are the place of sapphires, and it has dust of gold.

  • Eph 2:20
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    20 Resting on the base of the Apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief keystone,

  • 1 Pet 2:6
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    6 Because it is said in the Writings, See, I am placing a keystone in Zion, of great and special value; and the man who has faith in him will not be put to shame.

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    11 The pillars of heaven are shaking, and are overcome by his sharp words.

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    11 O troubled one, storm-crushed, uncomforted! see, your stones will be framed in fair colours, and your bases will be sapphires.