5 Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it?
Job 38:5
Semantically similar passages
Book of Enoch 93:12–14
12 And how should there be one who could behold the heaven, and who is there that could understand the things of heaven and see a soul or a spirit and could tell thereof, or ascend and see all their ends and think them or do like them? (ENO) 13 And who is there of all men… (ENO)
Job 38:17–19
17 Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death? 18 Have you surveyed the extent of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this. 19 Where is the way to the home of light? Do you know where darkness resides,
Job 34:12–14
12 Indeed, it is true that God does not act wickedly, and the Almighty does not pervert justice. 13 Who gave Him charge over the earth? Who appointed Him over the whole world? 14 If He were to set His heart to it and withdraw His Spirit and breath,
Job 38:32–34
32 Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons or lead out the Bear and her cubs? 33 Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth? 34 Can you command the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?
Sirach 1:2–4
2 Who can count the sand of the seas, the drops of rain, and the days of eternity? (WEB) 3 Who will search out the height of the sky, the breadth of the earth, the deep, and wisdom? (WEB) 4 Wisdom has been created before all things, and the understanding of prudence from everlas… (WEB)
Isaiah 40:11–13
11 He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes. 12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held…
Job 38:24–26
24 In which direction is the lightning dispersed, or the east wind scattered over the earth? 25 Who cuts a channel for the flood or clears a path for the thunderbolt, 26 to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man lives,
Job 11:6–8
6 and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know then that God exacts from you less than your iniquity deserves. 7 Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty? 8 They are higher than the heavens—what ca…
Search the collection All books and codes Translations and sources