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The Book of Job, Chapter 38, Verse 5

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Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
King James Version
Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
American Standard Version
Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched the line upon it?
New English Translation
Who set its measurements– if you know– or who stretched a measuring line across it?
World English Bible
Who determined its measures, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it?
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Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
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When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
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Or [who] shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, [as if] it had issued out of the womb?
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When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
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And brake up for it my decreed [place], and set bars and doors,
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And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
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Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; [and] caused the dayspring to know his place;
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That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
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It is turned as clay [to] the seal; and they stand as a garment.
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And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.