Job 38:6
Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
KJV
Super quo bases illius solidatæ sunt ? aut quis demisit lapidem angularem ejus,
Vulgate
ἐπὶ τίνος οἱ κρίκοι αὐτῆς πεπήγασιν; τίς δέ ἐστιν ὁ βαλὼν λίθον γωνιαῖον ἐπ’ αὐτῆς;
LXX
Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone thereof,
ASV
עַל מָ֭ה אֲדָנֶ֣י/הָ הָטְבָּ֑עוּ א֥וֹ מִֽי יָ֝רָ֗ה אֶ֣בֶן פִּנָּתָֽ/הּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
א֣וֹ
'v
conjunction · 311×
אֶ֣בֶן
'bn
noun · 267×
הֶ֖ם
hm
noun · 57×
הָטְבָּ֑עוּ
htb'v
verb · 10×
מִ֣י
my
particle · 420×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
נִי
ny
verb · 86×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פִּנּ֣וֹת
pnvt
noun · 29×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Sam 2:8 — He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD’
- 2Pet 3:5 — For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
- Eph 2:20 — And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
- Exod 26:18 — And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward.
- Isa 28:16 — Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
- Job 26:7 — He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
- Ps 24:2 — For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
- Ps 93:1 — The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.
- Ps 104:5 — Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
- Ps 118:22 — The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.
- Ps 144:12 — That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:
- Zech 4:7 — Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.
- Zech 12:1 — The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.