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Selected Verse: Job 38:5 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Job 38:5 |
King James |
Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
measures--of its proportions. Image from an architect's plans of a building.
line--of measurement (Isa 28:17). The earth is formed on an all-wise plan. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Who hath laid the measures thereof - That is, as an architect applies his measures when he rears a house.
If thou knowest - Or rather, "for thou knowest." The expression is wholly ironical, and is designed to rebuke Job's pretensions of being able to explain the divine administration.
Or who hath stretched the line upon it - As a carpenter uses a line to mark out his work; see the notes at Isa 28:17. The earth is represented as a building, the plan of which was laid out beforehand, and which was then made according to the sketch of the architect. It is not, therefore, the work of chance or fate. It is laid out and constructed according to a wise plan, and in a method evincing infinite skill. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Measures - Who hath prescribed how long and broad and deep it should be. Line - the measuring line to regulate all its dimensions. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Who hath laid the measures thereof - Who hath adjusted its polar and equatorial distances from the center?
Who hath stretched the line - Who hath formed its zones and its great circles, and adjusted the whole of its magnitude and gravity to the orbit in which it was to move, as well as its distance from that great center about which it was to revolve? These questions show the difficulty of the subject; and that there was an unfathomable depth of counsel and design in the formation of the earth. |
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.