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Job 38:5

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”

— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?

Job 38:5 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Job 38:5

Theological / Devotional

If thou knowest. Or, “for thou knowest.” The purpose of the statement is obviously to help Job to readjust his thinking.

Stretched the line. A figure taken from the erection of a building. A Divine Architect laid out the plan of the earth.

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