Job 38:4
Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if you have understanding.
Updated King James Version
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 your loins like a man; for I will demand of you, and answer you me.
5Who has laid the measures thereof, if you know? or who has stretched the line upon it?
Cross References
Job 15:7Are you the first man that was born? or were you made before the hills?
Psalms 102:25Of old have you laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of your 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 has ascended up into heaven, or descended? who has gathered the wind in his fists? who has bound the waters in a garment? who has established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if you can tell?
Hebrews 1:10And, You, Lord, in the beginning have laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of yours 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 →