Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Who hath measured it, knowest thou? Or, who hath spread the line upon it?
New American Standard Bible
Or who stretched the line on it?
King James Version
Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
Holman Bible
Who stretched a measuring line across it?
International Standard Version
Who set its measurement? Am I to assume you know? Who stretched a boundary line over it?
A Conservative Version
Who determined the measures of it, if thou know? Or who stretched the line upon it?
American Standard Version
Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched the line upon it?
Amplified
“Who determined the measurements [of the earth], if you know?
Or who stretched the [measuring] line on it?
Bible in Basic English
By whom were its measures fixed? Say, if you have wisdom; or by whom was the line stretched out over it?
Darby Translation
Who set the measures thereof if thou knowest? or who stretched a line upon it?
Julia Smith Translation
Who set its measures, if thou shalt know? or who stretched the line upon it?
King James 2000
Who has determined the measures thereof, if you know? or who has stretched the line upon it?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Who determined its measurement? Yes, you do know. Or who stretched [the] measuring line upon it?
Modern King James verseion
Who has set its measurements, for you know? Or who has stretched the line on it?
NET Bible
Who set its measurements -- if you know -- or who stretched a measuring line across it?
New Heart English Bible
Who determined its measures, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it?
The Emphasized Bible
Who set the measurements thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched out over it a line?
Webster
Who hath laid the measures of it, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
World English Bible
Who determined its measures, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it?
Youngs Literal Translation
Who placed its measures -- if thou knowest? Or who hath stretched out upon it a line?
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 38:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh Interrogates Job
4 "Where wast thou, when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell plainly if thou hast understanding. 5 Who hath measured it, knowest thou? Or, who hath spread the line upon it? 6 Where upon stand the pillars of it? Or, who laid the corner stone?
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Cross References
Isaiah 40:12
"Who hath holden the waters in his fist? Who hath measured heaven with his span, and hath comprehended all the earth of the world in three measures? Who hath weighed the mountains and hills in a balance?
Job 11:9
His length exceedeth the length of the earth, and his breadth the breadth of the sea.
Job 28:25
When he weighed the winds, and measured the waters;
Psalm 19:4
Their sound is gone out into all lands, and their words in to the ends of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
Psalm 78:55
He cast out the heathen before them, caused their land to be divided among them for a heritage, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
Proverbs 8:27
For when he made the heavens, I was present; when he set up the depths in order;
Proverbs 8:29
When he shut the sea within certain bounds, that the waters should not go over their marks. When he laid the foundations of the earth,
Isaiah 34:11
But Pelicans, Storks, great Owls, and Ravens shall have it in possession, and dwell therein. For God shall spread out the line of desolation upon it, and weight it with the stones of emptiness.
Isaiah 40:22
That he sitteth upon the Circle of the world, and that all the inhabiters of the world are, in comparison of him, but as grasshoppers; That he spreadeth out the heavens as a covering, he stretcheth them out as a tent to dwell in;
Zechariah 2:1-2
I lift up mine eyes again, and looked and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.
2 Corinthians 10:16
and to preach the gospel in those regions which are beyond you, and not to rejoice of that which is by another man's measure prepared already.