Job 38:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.”
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“Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Where wast thou when I founded earth? Declare, if thou hast known understanding.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 38:4 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 1:1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
- Job 15:7Were you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?
- Job 28:25When God fixed the weight of the wind and measured out the waters,
- Psalms 102:25In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
- Psalms 102:26They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on.
- Psalms 104:5He set the earth on its foundations, never to be moved.
- Proverbs 3:19The LORD founded the earth by wisdom and established the heavens by understanding.
- Proverbs 8:22The LORD created me as His first course, before His works of old.
- Proverbs 8:29when 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.
- Proverbs 30:4Who 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 1:2But 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.
- Hebrews 1:10And: “In the beginning, O Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
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