Job 38:6

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

Job 38:6 Meaning and Commentary

Job 38:6

Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened?
&c.] Or the pillars of it, as Ben Gersom interprets it; see ( Psalms 75:3 ) ; and which Aben Ezra understands of the mountains: but be they what they may, on what can they be fastened or sunk into, when the earth hangs on nothing, and there is nothing visible to support it, nothing but the mighty hand of God?

or who laid the corner stone thereof?
which unites, cements, and keeps the fabric together, and is the ornament and beauty of it; but who can tell what that is? Aben Ezra interprets it of the point or centre of the earth.

Job 38:6 In-Context

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

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

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

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 brake forth , as if it had issued out of the womb?

Footnotes

• [a]. foundations: Heb. sockets