Job 38:4
Where wast thou, when I founded the earth? Tell, if thou knowest understanding!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
In Context
3Gird, I pray thee—like a strong man—thy loins, that I may ask thee, and inform thou me:
5Who set the measurements thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched out over it a line?
Cross References
Job 15:7The first of mankind, wast thou born? Or, before the hills, wast thou brought forth?
Psalms 102:25Of old—the earth, thou didst found, And, the work of thy hands, are the heavens;
Psalms 104:5He hath fixed the earth on its foundations, It is not to be shaken, to times age-abiding and beyond.
Proverbs 8:22Yahweh, had constituted me the beginning of his way, before his works, at the commencement of that time;
Proverbs 30:4Who hath ascended the heavens and then descended? Who hath gathered the wind into his two hands? Who hath wrapped up the waters in a mantle? Who hath set up all the ends of the earth? What is his name and what the name of his son, when thou knowest?
Hebrews 1:10and—Thou, by way of beginning, Lord, the earth, didst found, and, the works of thy hands, are the heavens,—
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 →