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Job 38:5 Cross-References
Explore 11 cross-references for Job 38:5 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 38 verse 5 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?”
Job 38:5 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 38:5
God asks: "Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?" The Hebrew maddeyha (מַדֶּיהָ, "its measures") and qav (קָו, "line") use surveying language. God challenges Job with creation's precise design—dimensions, proportions, mathematical precision. This reveals divine wisdom in establishing natural laws and cosmic order. The rhetorical questions expose human ignorance about creation's foundations while affirming God's sovereign craftsmanship. The interrogative structure characterizes God's entire speech, reorienting Job from demanding answers to ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 38:5
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“and marked off the sky with his span”
“and saw”
“and broader than the sea.”
“and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain”
“their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun”
“allotted them for an inheritance by line”
“and the plumb line of emptiness.”
“he measures out the waters by measure.”
“I was there; when he set a circle on the surface of the deep”
“not to boast in what someone else has already done.”