Job 38:4
<< Job 38:4 >>
New International Version (©1984)
"Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation? Tell me, if you understand.

New Living Translation (©2007)
"Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell me, if you know so much.

English Standard Version (©2001)
“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding,

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
"Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me if you have [such] insight.

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

American King James Version
Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if you have understanding.

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

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

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

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

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

Webster's Bible Translation
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

World English Bible
"Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.

Young's Literal Translation
Where wast thou when I founded earth? Declare, if thou hast known understanding.

Geneva Study Bible

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.

Wesley's Notes

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.

King James Translators' Notes

hast...: Heb. knowest understanding

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

4. To understand the cause of things, man should have been present at their origin. The finite creature cannot fathom the infinite wisdom of the Creator (Job 28:12; 15:7, 8).

hast-"knowest."

understanding-(Pr 4:1).

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

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.


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)

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


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

Where Pr 8:22,29,30 30:4

I Ge 1:1 Ps 102:25 104:5 Heb 1:2,10

hast. Heb. knowest

Bible Gateway: Job Chapter 38 Verse 4 NIV ESV NKJV NLT KJV Message Amplified

Alphabetical: earth earth's foundation have I if laid me of Tell the understand understanding were when Where you

THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright ;© 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica®. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

The Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright ©1996, 2004, 2007. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188.All Rights Reserved.

The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.

New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org.

International Standard Version Copyright © 1996-2008 by the ISV Foundation.

GOD'S WORD® is a copyrighted work of God's Word to the Nations. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. All rights reserved.

OT Poetry: Job 38:4 Where were you when I laid (Jb) Christian Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools

Job 38:4 Bible Software
Job 38:4 Biblia Paralela
Job 38:4 Chinese Bible
Job 38:4 French Bible
Job 38:4 German Bible
Job 38:4 Danish Bible
Job 38:4 Swedish Bible
Job 38:4 Norwegian Bible
Job 38:4 Multilingual Bible

Online Bible