Job 38:5
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?”
נָטָה
To incline, to stretch out, to bend. Natah. He inclined His ear to me. God bends down to listen. He positions Himself to hear the faintest cry of His people.
מִי
who?
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מִי
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
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שׂוּם
did he appoint
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שׂוּם
To put, to set, to place. Shuwm. I have set the LORD always before me. A deliberate daily choice to keep God at the centre of everything.
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יָדַע
you know
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יָדַע
To know, to perceive, to be acquainted with. Yada. The deepest form of knowing. God knows you completely and loves you still.
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עַל
on/ it
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עַל
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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קַו
a measuring-line
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קַו
a cord (as connecting), especially formeasuring; figuratively, a rule; also a rim, a musical string or accord
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מֵמַד
measurements/ its
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מֵמַד
a measure
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