Job 38:4

Translations

Modern

Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.

Traditional

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

Literal

Where were you at my founding of the earth? Declare it if you know with understanding.

Latin

Ubi eras quando ponebam fundamenta terræ? indica mihi, si habes intelligentiam.

Original

Hebrew

English

Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.

Notes

Job 38:1–40:5

God challenges Job. Job admits he cannot judge the moral world. God shows Job's ignorance of the natural world's elements related to the realm of heaven, weather, animals, and birds (38:4–21; 22–38; 39–39:30).

Theme notes and profiles

Complaints God’s Uniqueness

Events

Job's Trialc. 1650 BC

Related verses

Psalm 104:5
He set the earth on its foundations, never to be moved.
Hebrews 1:10
And: “In the beginning, O Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
Proverbs 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!
Hebrews 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.
Psalm 102:25
In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Proverbs 8:22
The LORD created me as His first course, before His works of old.
Proverbs 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.

Glossary

Book of Job Proverbs, Book of Wisdom Literature

Topics

Blessing: Temporal, from God Continents: General Scriptures Concerning Foundation: Figuratively Applied to The Earth God: Creator God: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Man: Insignificance of The Earth: God: Laid the Foundation of

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