Job 38:6

38:6 On what8 were its bases9 set,

or who laid its cornerstone—

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8	tn For the interrogative serving as a genitive, see GKC 442 §136.b.
9	sn The world was conceived of as having bases and pillars, but these poetic descriptions should not be pressed too far (e.g., see Ps 24:2, which may be worded as much for its polemics against Canaanite mythology as anything).