“Where(A) were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?
Tell Me, if you have understanding.
Who determined its measurements?
Surely you know!
Or who stretched the [a]line upon it?
To what were its foundations fastened?
Or who laid its cornerstone,

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Footnotes

  1. Job 38:5 measuring line

“Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?(A)
    Tell me, if you understand.(B)
Who marked off its dimensions?(C) Surely you know!
    Who stretched a measuring line(D) across it?
On what were its footings set,(E)
    or who laid its cornerstone(F)

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The earth and all its inhabitants are dissolved;
I set up its pillars firmly. Selah

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When the earth and all its people quake,(A)
    it is I who hold its pillars(B) firm.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 75:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.

You who [a]laid the foundations of the earth,
So that it should not be moved forever,

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 104:5 Lit. founded the earth upon her bases

He set the earth(A) on its foundations;(B)
    it can never be moved.

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