Job 38:4
Where wast thou when I founded earth? Declare, if thou hast known understanding.
Young's Literal Translation
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, as a man, thy loins, And I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.
5Who placed its measures — if thou knowest? Or who hath stretched out upon it a line?
Cross References
Job 15:7The first man art thou born? And before the heights wast thou formed?
Psalms 102:25Beforetime the earth Thou didst found, And the work of Thy hands [are] the heavens.
Psalms 104:5He hath founded earth on its bases, It is not moved to the age and for ever.
Proverbs 8:22Jehovah possessed me — the beginning of His way, Before His works since then.
Proverbs 30:4Who went up to heaven, and cometh down? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound waters in a garment? Who established all ends of the earth? What [is] His name? and what His son's name? Surely thou knowest!
Hebrews 1:10and, 'Thou, at the beginning, Lord, the earth didst found, and a work 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 →