Job 38:4

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 104:5 : 5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, That it should not be moved for ever.
  • Prov 30:4 : 4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound the waters in his garment? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou knowest?
  • Heb 1:10 : 10 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning didst lay the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the works of thy hands:
  • Heb 1:2 : 2 hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in [his] Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds;
  • Prov 8:22 : 22 Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old.
  • Prov 8:29-30 : 29 When he gave to the sea its bound, That the waters should not transgress his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth; 30 Then I was by him, [as] a master workman; And I was daily [his] delight, Rejoicing always before him,
  • Gen 1:1 : 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
  • Ps 102:25 : 25 Of old didst thou lay the foundation of the earth; And the heavens are the work of thy hands.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 38:5-8
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    86%

    5 Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched the line upon it?

    6 Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone thereof,

    7 When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?

    8 Or [who] shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, [as if] it had issued out of the womb;

  • Job 38:18-22
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    82%

    18 Hast thou comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if thou knowest it all.

    19 Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

    20 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, And that thou shouldest discern the paths to the house thereof?

    21 [ Doubtless], thou knowest, for thou wast then born, And the number of thy days is great!

    22 Hast thou entered the treasuries of the snow, Or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

  • Job 38:2-3
    2 verses
    82%

    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 declare thou unto me.

  • Job 15:7-8
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    78%

    7 Art thou the first man that was born? Or wast thou brought forth before the hills?

    8 Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God? And dost thou limit wisdom to thyself?

  • Job 20:4
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    4 Knowest thou [not] this of old time, Since man was placed upon earth,

  • Isa 40:21
    78%

    21 Have ye not known? have yet not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?

  • Prov 8:23-27
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    77%

    23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, Before the earth was.

    24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth, When there were no fountains abounding with water.

    25 Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills was I brought forth;

    26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, Nor the beginning of the dust of the world.

    27 When he established the heavens, I was there: When he set a circle upon the face of the deep,

  • Job 38:33-34
    2 verses
    77%

    33 Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?

    34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee?

  • Ps 102:25
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    25 Of old didst thou lay the foundation of the earth; And the heavens are the work of thy hands.

  • Job 42:3-4
    2 verses
    76%

    3 Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore have I uttered that which I understood not, Things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

    4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

  • Job 40:7-9
    3 verses
    76%

    7 Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

    8 Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?

    9 Or hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

  • Prov 8:29
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    29 When he gave to the sea its bound, That the waters should not transgress his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth;

  • Job 28:12
    75%

    12 But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?

  • Job 38:16
    75%

    16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?

  • Job 18:4
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    4 Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, Shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?

  • Job 38:12-13
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    74%

    12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days [began], [And] caused the dayspring to know its place;

    13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it?

  • Ps 104:5
    74%

    5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, That it should not be moved for ever.

  • Heb 1:10
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    10 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning didst lay the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the works of thy hands:

  • Job 28:20
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    20 Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?

  • Job 33:5
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    5 If thou canst, answer thou me; Set [thy words] in order before me, stand forth.

  • Job 37:18
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    18 Canst thou with him spread out the sky, Which is strong as a molten mirror?

  • Job 26:4
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    4 To whom hast thou uttered words? And whose spirit came forth from thee?

  • Job 34:13
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    13 Who gave him a charge over the earth? Or who hath disposed the whole world?

  • Job 38:36
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    36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who hath given understanding to the mind?

  • Ps 90:2
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    2 Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

  • Job 37:16
    73%

    16 Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, The wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?

  • Prov 3:19
    73%

    19 Jehovah by wisdom founded the earth; By understanding he established the heavens.

  • Job 11:8
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    8 It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than Sheol; What canst thou know?

  • Job 38:10
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    10 And marked out for it my bound, And set bars and doors,

  • Prov 30:4
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    4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound the waters in his garment? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou knowest?

  • Job 38:38
    73%

    38 When the dust runneth into a mass, And the clods cleave fast together?

  • Ps 139:15
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    15 My frame was not hidden from thee, When I was made in secret, [And] curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.