Job 38:4
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding!
Noyes Bible
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 thy loins like a man! I will ask thee, and answer thou me!
5Who fixed its dimensions, that thou shouldst know it! Or who stretched out the line upon it?
Cross References
Job 15:7Art thou the first man that was born? Wast thou formed before the hills?
Psalms 102:25Of old hast thou laid the foundations of the earth, And the heavens are the work of thy hands;
Psalms 104:5He established the earth on its foundations; It shall not be removed for ever.
Proverbs 8:22“The LORD created me, the firstling of his course, Before his works, of old;
Proverbs 30:4Who hath gone up into heaven and come down? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound up the waters in a garment? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what his son's name, if thou knowest?
Hebrews 1:10And: “Thou, Lord, in the beginning didst found the earth, and the heavens are the works of thy 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 →