Job 38:6

In 11 translations

BSB

On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone,Or who set its core in place

KJV

Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;foundations: Heb. socketsfastened: Heb. made to sink?

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

On what have its sockets been sunk? Or who has cast its cornerstone—

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

Upon what are its bases grounded? or who laid the corner stone thereof,

GNV

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

JPS

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

LXXE

On what are its rings fastened? and who is he that laid the corner-stone upon it?

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WLC

עַל־מָ֭ה אֲדָנֶ֣יהָ הָטְבָּ֑עוּ א֥וֹ מִֽי־יָ֝רָ֗ה אֶ֣בֶן פִּנָּתָֽהּ׃

LXX-Br

Ἐπὶ τίνος οἱ κρίκοι αὐτῆς πεπήγασι; τίς δέ ἐστιν ὁ βαλὼν λίθον γωνιαῖον ἐπʼ αὐτῆς;

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• Job 26:7He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.
• Psalms 104:5He set the earth on its foundations, never to be moved.
• Psalms 93:1The 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.
• Isaiah 28:16So 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.
• Psalms 118:22The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
• 2 Peter 3:5But 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,
• Zechariah 12:1This 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:
• Psalms 24:2For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.
• Psalms 144:12Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace.
• Exodus 26:18–25Construct twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle, with forty silver bases under the twenty frames—two bases for each frame, one under each tenon. For the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, make…
• Ephesians 2:20–21built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone. In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord.
• 1 Samuel 2:8He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the…

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