“Where(A) were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?
Tell Me, if you have understanding.
Who determined its measurements?
Surely you know!
Or who stretched the [a]line upon it?
To what were its foundations fastened?
Or who laid its cornerstone,

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Footnotes

  1. Job 38:5 measuring line

“Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?(A)
    Tell me, if you understand.(B)
Who marked off its dimensions?(C) Surely you know!
    Who stretched a measuring line(D) across it?
On what were its footings set,(E)
    or who laid its cornerstone(F)

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Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?

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

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The earth and all its inhabitants are dissolved;
I set up its pillars firmly. Selah

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When the earth and all its people quake,(A)
    it is I who hold its pillars(B) firm.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 75:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.

The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.

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You who [a]laid the foundations of the earth,
So that it should not be moved forever,

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 104:5 Lit. founded the earth upon her bases

He set the earth(A) on its foundations;(B)
    it can never be moved.

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Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.

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