Job 38:5, Isa 34:11, Jer 31:39-40, Eze 40:3, 47:3, Zec 2:1-2 | ESV | STEP | Who determined its measurements — surely you know ! Or who stretched the line upon it?

Job 38:5

5 Who determined its measurements—surely you know!
Or who stretched the line upon it?

Isaiah 34:11

11 ^aBut the hawk and the porcupine ^{▼▼The identity of the animals rendered hawk and porcupine is uncertain} shall possess it,
the owl and the raven shall dwell in it.
^cHe shall stretch the line of ^dconfusion ^{▼▼Hebrew formlessness} over it,
and the plumb line of emptiness.

Jeremiah 31:39-40

39 ^fAnd the measuring line shall go out farther, straight to the hill Gareb, and shall then turn to Goah. 40 ^gThe whole valley of the dead bodies and the ashes, and all the fields as far as the ^hbrook Kidron, to the corner of ⁱthe Horse Gate toward the east, ^jshall be sacred to the Lord. ^kIt shall not be plucked up or overthrown anymore forever.”

Ezekiel 40:3

3 When he brought me there, behold, there was ^la man whose appearance was ^mlike bronze, with ⁿa linen cord and ^oa measuring reed in his hand. And he was standing in the gateway.

Ezekiel 47:3

3 Going on eastward with a measuring line in his hand, ^pthe man measured a thousand cubits, ^{▼▼A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters} and then led me through the water, and it was ankle-deep.

Zechariah 2:1-2

A Vision of a Man with a Measuring Line

1 ^{▼▼Ch 2:5 in Hebrew} And I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, ^sa man with a measuring line in his hand! 2 Then I said, “Where are you going?” And he said to me, ^t“To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.”