Job 38:4
Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
In Context
3Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.
5Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it?
Cross References
Job 15:7Were you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?
Psalms 102:25In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
Psalms 104:5He set the earth on its foundations, never to be moved.
Proverbs 8:22The LORD created me as His first course, before His works of old.
Proverbs 30:4Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in His cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is the name of His Son—surely you know!
Hebrews 1:10And: “In the beginning, O Lord, You laid the foundations of 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 →