Job 38:4
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast the understanding.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 unto Me.
5Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched the line upon it?
Cross References
Job 15:7Art thou the first man that was born? Or wast thou brought forth before the hills?
Psalms 102:25(102-26) Of old Thou didst lay the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the work of Thy hands.
Psalms 104:5Who didst establish the earth upon its foundations, that it should not be moved for ever and ever;
Proverbs 8:22The LORD made me as the beginning of His way, the first of His works of old.
Proverbs 30:4Who hath ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound the waters in his garment? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou knowest?
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 →