Job 38:6

6 On what were its footings set, or who laid its cornerstone—

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Job 38:6 in Other Translations

KJV

6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;

ESV

6 On what were its bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone,

NLT

6 What supports its foundations, and who laid its cornerstone

MSG

6 How was its foundation poured, and who set the cornerstone,

CSB

6 What supports its foundations? Or who laid its cornerstone

Job 38:6 Meaning and Commentary

Job 38:6

Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened?
&c.] Or the pillars of it, as Ben Gersom interprets it; see ( Psalms 75:3 ) ; and which Aben Ezra understands of the mountains: but be they what they may, on what can they be fastened or sunk into, when the earth hangs on nothing, and there is nothing visible to support it, nothing but the mighty hand of God?

or who laid the corner stone thereof?
which unites, cements, and keeps the fabric together, and is the ornament and beauty of it; but who can tell what that is? Aben Ezra interprets it of the point or centre of the earth.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Job 38:6 In-Context

4 “Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell me, if you understand.

5 Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it?

6 On what were its footings set, or who laid its cornerstone—

7 while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?

8 “Who shut up the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,

Cross References 2

1. Proverbs 8:25
2. S Job 26:7