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Job 38:4 · KJV

“Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. {hast...: Heb. knowest understanding}”

— Job 38:4

Verse 3

Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. {answer...: Heb. make me know}

Verse 5

Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?

Job 38 — Context

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. {answer...: Heb. make me know}

4

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. {hast...: Heb. knowest understanding}

5

Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?

6

Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; {foundations: Heb. sockets} {fastened: Heb. made to sink?}

Cross References

Psalms 104:5

{Who} laid the foundations of the earth, {that} it should not be removed for ever. {Who...: Heb. He hath founded the earth upon her bases}

Hebrews 1:10

And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:

Proverbs 30:4

Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what {is} his name, and what {is} his son's name, if thou canst tell?

Hebrews 1:2

Hath in these last days spoken unto us by {his} Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

Genesis 1:1

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Psalms 102:25

Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens {are} the work of thy hands.

Proverbs 8:22

The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.

Proverbs 8:29-30

When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

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