Job 38:5
Job · Old Testament · Chapter 38
“Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?”Job 38:5
What Does Job 38:5 Mean?
Job 38:5 is found in the book of Job, chapter 38, verse 5 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 12 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (12)
These passages are connected to Job 38:5 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Isaiah 40:12“Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?”Job 11:9“The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.”Zechariah 2:1“I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.”Job 28:25“To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.”Psalms 19:4“Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,”Psalms 78:55“He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.”Proverbs 8:27“When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:”Isaiah 34:11“But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.”Isaiah 40:22“It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:”2 Corinthians 10:16“To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man’s line of things made ready to our hand.”Proverbs 8:29“When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:”Zechariah 1:16“Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.”
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