Job 38:4
Good News Translation
Were you there when I made the world? If you know so much, tell me about it.

New Revised Standard Version
“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.

Contemporary English Version
How did I lay the foundation for the earth? Were you there?

New American Bible
Where were you when I founded the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? tell me if thou hast understanding.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? tell me if thou hast understanding.

Where

Proverbs 8:22,29,30 I was set up from eternity, and of old, before the earth was made. . . .

Proverbs 30:4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, and descended? who hath held the wind in his hands? who hath bound up the waters together as in a garment? who hath raised up all the borders of the earth? what is his name, and what is the name of his son, if thou knowest?

I

Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created heaven, and earth.

Psalm 102:25 In the beginning, O Lord, thou foundedst the earth: and the heavens are the works of thy hands.

Psalm 104:5 Who hast founded the earth upon its own bases: it shall not be moved for ever and ever.

Hebrews 1:2,10 In these days, hath spoken to us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the world. . . .

hast.

Context
God Challenges Job
3Gird up thy loins like a man: I will ask thee, and answer thou me. 4Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? tell me if thou hast understanding.5Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest or who hath stretched the line upon it?…
Cross References
Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created heaven, and earth.

Genesis 2:4
These are the generations of the heaven and the earth, when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the heaven and the earth:

1 Samuel 2:8
He raiseth up the needy from the dust, and lifteth up the poor from the dunghill: that he may sit with princes, and hold the throne of glory. For the poles of the earth are the Lord's, and upon them he hath set the world.

Job 15:7
Art thou the first man that was born, or wast thou made before the hills?

Job 34:13
What other hath he appointed over the earth? or whom hath he set over the world which he made?

Psalm 104:5
Who hast founded the earth upon its own bases: it shall not be moved for ever and ever.

Proverbs 8:29
I was with him forming all things: and was delighted every day, playing before him at all times;

Proverbs 30:4
Who hath ascended up into heaven, and descended? who hath held the wind in his hands? who hath bound up the waters together as in a garment? who hath raised up all the borders of the earth? what is his name, and what is the name of his son, if thou knowest?

Isaiah 40:14
With whom hath he consulted, and who hath instructed him, and taught him the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and shewed him the way of understanding?

Jeremiah 10:12
He that maketh the earth by his power, that prepareth the world by his wisdom, and stretcheth out the heavens by his knowledge.

Amos 4:13
For behold he that formeth the mountains and createth the wind, and declareth his word to man, he that maketh the morning mist, and walketh upon the high places of the earth: the Lord the God of hosts is his name.

Job 38:3
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