Job 38:4
Where were you, when I set the foundations of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.
Catholic Public Domain 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 your waist like a man. I will question you, and you must answer me.
5Who set its measurements, if you know, or who stretched a line over it?
Cross References
Job 15:7Are you the first man who was born, or were you formed before the hills?
Psalms 104:5Remember his miracles, which he has done, his portents and the judgments of his mouth:
Proverbs 8:22The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his ways, before he made anything, from the beginning.
Proverbs 30:4Who has ascended to heaven and also descended? Who has grasped the wind in his hands? Who has tied the waters together, as with a garment? Who has raised all the limits of the earth? What is his name, and what is the name of his son, if you know?
Hebrews 1:10And: “In the beginning, O Lord, you founded the earth. And the heavens are the work of your 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 →