Holy Scripture

Job 38:5

A church father on this verse
“Who hath laid the measure of it, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? ALLEGORICAL INTERPRETATION Lines of measures are stretched forth in the partition of lands, in order that fairness of dimension may be observed by their very extension. But the Lord, coming to the Church in the flesh, measured ou…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Morals on the Book of Job, Book XXVIII

Source: Septuagint

Original

5Who set the measures of it, if thou knowest? Or who stretched a line upon it?

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3Gird thy loins like a man; And I will ask thee, and do thou answer me.

4Where wast thou when I founded the earth? Tell me now, if thou hast knowledge,

— Job 38:5 —

6On what are its rings fastened? And who is he that laid the cornerstone upon it?

7When the stars were made, All my angels praised me with a loud voice.

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