Job 38:6
What does Job 38:6 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 38:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone thereof,
KJV
King James Version · 1611Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone thereof,
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949On what were its pillars based, or who put down its angle-stone,
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862On what have its sockets been sunk? Or who hath cast its corner-stone?
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Upon what are its bases grounded? or who laid the corner stone thereof,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Whereupon were the foundations thereof sunken? or who laid its corner-stone,
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 26:7
He stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon nothing.
- Ephesians 2:20
being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief corner stone;
- Exodus 26:18
And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards for the south side southward.
- Psalms 104:5
Who laid the foundations of the earth, That it should not be moved for ever.
- Psalms 118:22
The stone which the builders rejected Is become the head of the corner.
- 1 Samuel 2:8
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, He lifteth up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, And inherit the throne of glory: For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah’s, And he hath set the world upon them.
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