Job 38:4
Where wast thou when I founded the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.
Darby Translation
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; and I will demand of thee, and inform thou me.
5Who set the measures thereof if thou knowest? or who stretched a line upon it?
Cross References
Job 15:7Art thou the first man that was born? and wast thou brought forth before the hills?
Psalms 102:25Of old hast thou founded the earth, and the heavens are the work of thy hands:
Psalms 104:5He laid the earth upon its foundations: it shall not be removed for ever.
Proverbs 8:22Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
Proverbs 30:4Who hath ascended up into the heavens, and descended? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound the waters in a mantle? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou knowest?
Hebrews 1:10And, *Thou* in the beginning, Lord, hast founded the earth, and works of thy hands are the heavens.
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 →