Job 38:4
2 “Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?
3 Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.
Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.
5 Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it?
6 On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.
- KJV
- Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
- WEB
- “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.
- ASV
- Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.
- DARBY
- Where wast thou when I founded the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.
- BLB
- Where were you at my founding of the earth? Declare it if you know [with] understanding.
- ÅB
- Hvor var du da jeg grunnfestet jorden? Si fram hvis du vet det!
- OTB
- Hvor var du da jeg grunnla jorden?
Fortell, hvis du har forstand. - B1930
- Hvor var du da jeg grunnfestet jorden? Si frem hvis du vet det!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 104:5
He set the earth on its foundations, never to be moved.
Read in contextHebrews 1:10
And: “In the beginning, O Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
Read in contextProverbs 30:4
Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in His cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is the name of His Son— surely you know!
Read in contextHebrews 1:2
But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe.
Read in contextPsalms 102:25
In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
Read in contextGenesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Read in contextProverbs 8:22
The LORD created me as His first course, before His works of old.
Read in contextProverbs 8:29–30
when He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth.
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