Job 38:4 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

"Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me if you have such insight.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

Where were you when I put the earth on its base? Say, if you have knowledge.

DBY:

Where wast thou when I founded the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.

ERV:

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

JPS:

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

WBS:

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.

YLT:

Where wast thou when I founded earth? Declare, if thou hast known understanding.

Job 38:4 Cross References

XREF:

Job 15:7 "Were you the first man to be born, Or were you brought forth before the hills?

Psalm 104:5 He established the earth upon its foundations, So that it will not totter forever and ever.

Proverbs 8:29 When He set for the sea its boundary So that the water would not transgress His command, When He marked out the foundations of the earth;

Proverbs 30:4 Who has ascended into heaven and descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has wrapped the waters in His garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name or His son's name? Surely you know! (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

38:4 Where wast thou when I {d} laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
(d) Seeing he could not judge those things which were done so long before he was born, he was not able to comprehend all God's works: much less the secret causes of his judgments.

WES:

38:4 Where - Thou art but of yesterday; and dost thou presume to judge of my eternal counsels! When - When I settled it as firm upon its own center as if it had been built upon the surest foundations.

MHC:

38:4-11 For the humbling of Job, God here shows him his ignorance, even concerning the earth and the sea. As we cannot find fault with God's work, so we need not fear concerning it. The works of his providence, as well as the work of creation, never can be broken; and the work of redemption is no less firm, of which Christ himself is both the Foundation and the Corner-stone. The church stands as firm as the earth.

CONC:

Base Declare Earth's Foundation Foundations Founded Hast Laid Understand Understanding Wast

Base Declare Earth Earth's Foundation Foundations Founded Laid Understand Understanding Wast

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