Job 38:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Whereupon are the foundationsc thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; ”

• Job 38:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Whereupon are the foundations - Margin, “sockets.” The Hebrew word ( אדן 'eden ) means “a basis,” as of a column, or a pedestal; and then also the foundation of a building. The language here is...

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• Job 38:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Yahweh, speaking to Job out of the storm, challenges him to the contest, which he has so often demanded.

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• Job 38:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  foundations . sockets. fastened . sunk.

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• Job 38:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? - How does it continue to revolve in the immensity of space? What...

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• Job 38:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; Foundations - not sockets, as margin. Fastened - literally, made to sink, as a foundation-stone let d...

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• Job 38:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The First Speech of the Almighty ( Job 38:39 ) The marvels of creation, which witness to the infinite wisdom, power, and watchful care of the Creator, are presented to Job in such a way as to forc...

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• Job 38:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  XXVII. "MUSIC IN THE BOUNDS OF LAW" Job 38:1-41 OVER the shadowed life of Job, and the world shadowed for him by his own intellectual and moral gloom, a storm sweeps, and from the storm issues...

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• Job 38:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Divine Power and Human Ignorance Job 38:1-18 When the storm had ceased and the thunder was hushed, a voice spoke out of the golden splendor of the sky. See Job 37:21-22 . Job had challenged Go...

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• Job 38:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Here begins the third movement in the great drama, that which deals with the controversy between Jehovah and Job. Out of the midst of the whirlwind the divine voice speaks. Its first word is a challe...

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• Job 38:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (4) В¶ Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. (5) Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?...

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• Job 38:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened ?.... 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...

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• Job 38:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; Ver. 6. Whereupon are the foundations thereof fasttened? ] Surely, upon nothing, but the word of God's power...

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• Job 38:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? This strong and durable building hath no foundations but God's power, which hath marvellously established it upon itself. Who laid the corner-stone?...

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• Job 38:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  Marvellously, God Himself directly intervenes in this discussion so early in the history of man. The storm that had been brewing as Elihu spoke becomes a whirlwind, and God spoke to Job out of the wh...

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• Job 38:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Creation of the World. B. C. 1520.       4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations o...

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• Job 38:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  This strong and durable building hath no foundations but in God's power and word, which hath marvellously established it upon itself. Or who laid the cornerstone thereof; by which the several walls...

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• Job 38:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  JEHOVAH’S ADDRESS TO JOB Elihu had now said all he intended. Possibly interrupted by the storm which had been gathering during his speech. Out of the storm-cloud, from which already issued thund...

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• Job 38:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Job 38:6-7 The earth might have been regarded by the angels in reference either to its future inhabitants, or to God, or to the evil which had already found its way into the universe. I. In refer...

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• Job 38:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Job 38:1 . The whirlwind. Clouds and flames are the chariots of the Lord, in deigning to speak with men. When he spake to Elijah in Horeb, it was with wind, and fire, and earthquake. Likewise in...

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• Job 38:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? The laying of the earth’s foundation stone Our text brings before us a period long antecedent to the creation of man, when the first step was tak...

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• Job 38:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  CLOSE OF THE CONTROVERSY BY THE INTERFERENCE OF THE ALMIGHTY . EXPOSITION The discourse, by which the Almighty answers Job and rebukes his "friends," occupies four chapters (...

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• Job 38:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Manifestation of God's Majesty in Creation

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• Job 38:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Samuel 2:8 ; 2 Peter 3:5 ; Ephesians 2:20 ; Ephesians 2:21 ; Exodus 26:18-25 ; Isaiah 28:16 ; Job 26:7 ; Psalms 104:5 ; Psalms 118:22 ; Psalms 144:12 ; Psalms 24:2 ; Psalms 93:1 ; Zech...

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• Job 38:6 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  God Speaks to Job Job 38:1-41 to Job 42:1-17 INTRODUCTORY WORDS God's words to Job do not carry much by way of the explanation of redemption. Job was a child of God, and well-instructed...

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• Job 38:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Foundations — This strong and durable building hath no foundations but God's power, which hath marvelously established it upon itself. Cornerstone — By which the several walls are joined and fasten...

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