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God, the Master Architect
Commentators explain that this verse portrays God as a master architect. Just as a builder uses a measuring line to ensure precision, God meticulously planned and "measured" the earth. This imagery emphasizes that creation was not an accident but a work of infinite wisdom, skill, and intentional design.
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Job
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Albert Barnes
On Job 38:5
18th Century
Theologian
Who has laid its measures — That is, as an architect applies his measures when he builds a house.
If you know — Or rather,…
John Gill
On Job 38:5
17th Century
Pastor
Who has laid the measures thereof, if you know ?
&c.] Did God or a creature? The Lord, no doubt. He laid them out in…
Matthew Henry
On Job 38:4–11
17th Century
Minister
For the humbling of Job, God here shows him his ignorance, even concerning the earth and the sea. As we cannot find fault with God's work, so we ne…