Job 38:4
Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have such knowledge!
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
In Context
3Prepare yourself, be strong, for I am going to question you, and you must answer me.
5Who decided its dimensions? Don't you know? Who stretched out a measuring line?
Cross References
Job 15:7Were you the very first person to be born? Were you born before the hills were created?
Psalms 102:25Long ago you created the earth; you made the heavens.
Psalms 104:5You set the earth on its foundations; it will never be shaken.
Proverbs 8:22The Lord created me first of all; I was made before anything else.
Proverbs 30:4Who has gone up to heaven, and come down? Who holds the winds in the palm of his hands? Who has wrapped up the waters in his cloak? Who has set the earth's boundaries? What is his name, and what is his son's name? Are you sure you don't know?
Hebrews 1:10“You, Lord, laid the foundations of the earth in the beginning. The heavens are the product 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 →