John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 38:6
Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened ?.... Or the pillars of it, as Ben Gersom interprets it; see Psalm 75:3 ; and which Aben Ezra understands of the mountains: but be they what they may, on what can they be fastened or sunk into, when the earth hangs on nothing, and there is nothing visible to support it, nothing but the mighty hand of God? or who laid the corner stone thereof ? which unites, cements, and keeps the fabric together, and is the ornament and beauty of it; but... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 38:4-11
For the humbling of Job, God here shows him his ignorance even concerning the earth and the sea. Though so near, though so bulky, yet he could give no account of their origination, much less of heaven above or hell beneath, which are at such a distance, or of the several parts of matter which are so minute, and then, least of all, of the divine counsels. I. Concerning the founding of the earth. ?If he have such a mighty insight, as he pretends to have, into the counsels of God, let him give... read more