Job 38:4
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of eretz? 1 Tell, if thou hast binah. 1
Orthodox Jewish 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 now thy loins like a gever; 1 for I will ask of thee, and thou wilt answer Me. 1
Cross References
Job 15:7Art thou harishon adam (the first man) that was born? 1 Or wast thou made before the hills? 1
Psalms 102:25I said, O my G-d, 1 take me not away in the midst of my yamim; 1 Thy years are dor dorim (throughout all generations). 1
Psalms 104:5Who laid the mekhonim (foundations) of ha'aretz, 1 that it should not move out of place olam va'ed. 1
Proverbs 8:22Hashem possessed + 8:22 “By examining the total range of attestation of the verb Kuf Nun Heh in West Semitic we have been able to discover that the correct translation of the epithet ‘Kuf Nun Heh ARETZ’ is ‘Owner/Possessor of the land,’ not ‘Creator’ or ‘Begetter.’ The common assumption that Kuf Nun Heh in West Semitic means ‘to create’ is actually a scholarly heritage of interpretation related to a few select biblical passages going all the way back to the Septuagint translation, which has colored and shaped the way that Northwest Semitic inscriptions in our time have been read and understood” (from the article אל קנה ארץ: Creator, Begetter, or Owner of the Earth?) See https://www.religionofancientpalestine.com/?page_id=544 me in the reshit of His derech, 1 before His works of old. 1
Proverbs 30:4Who hath ascended into Shomayim, or descended? 1 Who hath gathered ruach in the hollows of His hands? 1 Who hath bound the mayim in a cloak? 1 Who hath established all the afsei aretz (ends of the earth)? 1 What is Shmo (His Name), 1 and what is Shem Bno (the Name of His Son ), + 30:4 See Memra, creative Word of G-d in Targumim 1 if thou canst tell? 1
Hebrews 1:10And, Atah Adonoi LEFANIM HA'ARETZ YASADETA UMA'ASEH YADECHA SHOMAYIM (You L-rd in the beginning founded the earth and the heavens, 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 →