Job 38:6

Job 38:6

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

a. NLT: What supports its foundations, and who laid its cornerstone

b. NIV: On what were its footings set, or who laid its cornerstone—

c. YLT: On what have its sockets been sunk? Or who hath cast its corner-stone?

d. Amplified Bible Classic: Upon what were the foundations of it fastened, or who laid its cornerstone,

e. Septuagint: On what are its rings fastened? and who is he that laid the corner-stone upon it?

f. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/Writings: Into what are its bases sunken, or who laid its cornerstone?

1. Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened

a. Whereupon are the foundations [134 * 'eden] [Strong: from the same as 113 (in the sense of strength); a basis (of a building, a column, etc.):--foundation, socket.]

b. fastened [2883 * taba`] [Strong: a primitive root; to sink:--drown, fasten, settle, sink.]

2. “…or who laid the corner stone thereof;”

a. who laid [3384 * yarah; yara] [Strong: a primitive root; properly, to flow as water (i.e. to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e. to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by aiming the finger), to teach:--(+) archer, cast, direct, inform, instruct, lay, shew, shoot, teach(-er,-ing), through.]

b. the corner [6438 * pinnah] [Strong: feminine of 6434; an angle; by implication, a pinnacle; figuratively, a chieftain:--bulwark, chief, corner, stay, tower.]

c. stone [68 * 'eben] [Strong: from the root of 1129 through the meaning to build; a stone:--+ carbuncle, + mason, + plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-)stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).]