Job 38:6

World English Bible (2000)

Whereupon were its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone,

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  • Job 26:7 : 7 He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing.
  • Ps 104:5 : 5 He laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved forever.
  • Ps 118:22 : 22 The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner.
  • Isa 28:16 : 16 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, "Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone of a sure foundation. He who believes shall not act hastily.
  • Ps 93:1 : 1 Yahweh reigns! He is clothed with majesty! Yahweh is armed with strength. The world also is established. It can't be moved.
  • 2 Pet 3:5 : 5 For this they willfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth formed out of water and amid water, by the word of God;
  • Zech 12:1 : 1 An oracle. The word of Yahweh concerning Israel. Yahweh, who stretches out the heavens, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him says:
  • Eph 2:20-21 : 20 being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone; 21 in whom the whole building, fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord;
  • Ps 24:2 : 2 For he has founded it on the seas, and established it on the floods.
  • Exod 26:18-25 : 18 You shall make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards for the south side southward. 19 You shall make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons. 20 For the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, twenty boards, 21 and their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. 22 For the far part of the tabernacle westward you shall make six boards. 23 You shall make two boards for the corners of the tabernacle in the far part. 24 They shall be double beneath, and in the same way they shall be whole to its top to one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners. 25 There shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
  • 1 Sam 2:8 : 8 He raises up the poor out of the dust. He lifts up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are Yahweh's. He has set the world on them.
  • Ps 144:12 : 12 Then our sons will be like well-nurtured plants, our daughters like pillars carved to adorn a palace.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 38:4-5
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    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?

  • Job 38:7-8
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    7 when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

    8 "Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth from the womb,

  • 5 He laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved forever.

  • 16 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, "Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone of a sure foundation. He who believes shall not act hastily.

  • 2 For he has founded it on the seas, and established it on the floods.

  • Job 38:12-13
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    12 "Have you commanded the morning in your days, and caused the dawn to know its place;

    13 that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it?

  • 25 Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the work of your hands.

  • Prov 8:26-29
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    26 while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world.

    27 When he established the heavens, I was there; when he set a circle on the surface of the deep,

    28 when he established the clouds above, when the springs of the deep became strong,

    29 when he gave to the sea its boundary, that the waters should not violate his commandment, when he marked out the foundations of the earth;

  • 3 If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?

  • 10 The foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.

  • 22 The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner.

  • 19 By wisdom Yahweh founded the earth. By understanding, he established the heavens.

  • Job 38:18-20
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    18 Have you comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if you know it all.

    19 "What is the way to the dwelling of light? As for darkness, where is its place,

    20 that you should take it to its bound, that you should discern the paths to its house?

  • 21 Haven't you known? Haven't you heard, yet? Haven't you been told from the beginning? Haven't you understood from the foundations of the earth?

  • 1 His foundation is in the holy mountains.

  • 10 And, "You, Lord, in the beginning, laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the works of your hands.

  • 11 For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ.

  • Job 38:24-25
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    24 By what way is the lightning distributed, or the east wind scattered on the earth?

    25 Who has cut a channel for the flood water, or the path for the thunderstorm;

  • 33 Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you establish its dominion over the earth?

  • 6 He shakes the earth out of its place. Its pillars tremble.

  • 12 "But where shall wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?

  • Job 38:36-38
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    36 Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the mind?

    37 Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of the sky,

    38 when the dust runs into a mass, and the clods of earth stick together?

  • 10 marked out for it my bound, set bars and doors,

  • 16 who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream,

  • 17 The king commanded, and they cut out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with worked stone.

  • 20 Where then does wisdom come from? Where is the place of understanding?

  • 16 "Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?

  • 18 Can you, with him, spread out the sky, which is strong as a cast metal mirror?

  • 11 The heavens are yours. The earth also is yours; the world and its fullness. You have founded them.

  • 13 Who put him in charge of the earth? or who has appointed him over the whole world?

  • 11 He said to me, "To build her a house in the land of Shinar. When it is prepared, she will be set there in her own place."

  • 48 He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it was founded on the rock.

  • 11 He is 'the stone which was regarded as worthless by you, the builders, which has become the head of the corner.'

  • 6 Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold.

  • 20 being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;

  • 6 Because it is contained in Scripture, "Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, chosen, and precious: He who believes in him will not be disappointed."

  • 11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.

  • 11 "You afflicted, tossed with storms, and not comforted, behold, I will set your stones in beautiful colors, and lay your foundations with sapphires.