Job 38:4
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
King James Version
In Context
3Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
5Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
Cross References
Job 15:7Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
Psalms 102:25Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
Psalms 104:5Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
Proverbs 8:22The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
Proverbs 30:4Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou canst tell?
Hebrews 1:10And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine 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 →