Job 38:4
Where were thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou have understanding.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
In Context
3Gird up now thy loins like a man, for I will demand of thee, and declare thou to me.
5Who determined the measures of it, if thou know? Or who stretched the line upon it?
Cross References
Job 15:7Are thou the first man who was born? Or were thou brought forth before the hills?
Psalms 102:25Of old thou laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
Psalms 104:5who laid the foundations of the earth that it should not be moved forever.
Proverbs 8:22LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
Proverbs 30:4Who has ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has bound the waters in his garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou k
Hebrews 1:10And thou, Lord, at the beginnings founded the earth, and the heavens are the works of thy hands.
Matthew Henry on Job 38:2-4
God Answers Out of the Whirlwind. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, 2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? 3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. Let us observe here, 1. Who speaks— The Lord, Jehovah, not a created angel, but the eternal Word himself, the second person in the blessed Trinity, for it is he by whom the worlds were made, and that was no other than the Son of God. The same speaks here that… Read the whole commentary →