Job 38:4

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Where wast thou when I layed the foundations of the earth? Tell playnely, if thou hast vnderstanding.

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  • Ps 104:5 : 5 He hath layde the earth sure vpon her foundations: that it can neuer moue at any tyme.
  • Prov 30:4 : 4 Who hath clymed vp into heauen, and come downe from thence? who hath holden the wynde fast in his hande? who hath gathered together the waters in a garment? who hath established all the endes of the worlde: what is his name, and what is his sonnes name, yf thou canst tell?
  • Heb 1:10 : 10 And thou Lorde, in the begynnyng hast layde the foundation of the earth: And the heauens are the workes of thy handes:
  • Heb 1:2 : 2 Hath in these last dayes, spoken vnto vs in the sonne, whom he hath appoynted heyre of all thynges, by whom also he made the worldes.
  • Prov 8:22 : 22 The Lorde him selfe had me in possession in the beginning of his wayes, or euer he began his workes aforetime.
  • Prov 8:29-30 : 29 When he shut the sea within certaine boundes, that the waters should not go ouer their markes that he commaunded: when he layde the foundations of the earth, 30 I was with him ordring all thinges, deliting dayly and reioysyng alway before hym.
  • Gen 1:1 : 1 In the beginnyng GOD created ye heauen and the earth.
  • Ps 102:25 : 25 Thou hast before tyme layde the foundation of the earth: and the heauens are the worke of thy handes.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 38:5-8
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    86%

    5 Who hath measured it, knowest thou? or who hath spread the lyne vpon it?

    6 Whereupon are the foundations set? or who layed the corner stone thereof?

    7 Where wast thou when the morning starres praysed me together, and all the children of God reioyced triumphantly?

    8 Who shut the sea with doores, when it brake foorth as out of the wombe?

  • Job 38:18-22
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    82%

    18 Hast thou also perceaued how brode the earth is? If thou hast knowledge of all this:

    19 Then shewe me the way where light dwelleth, & where is the place of darkenesse?

    20 That thou shouldest receaue it in the boundes thereof, and know the pathes to their houses.

    21 Knewest thou afore thou wast borne how olde thou shouldest be?

    22 Wentest thou euer into the treasures of the snow, or hast thou seene the secrete places of the hayle,

  • Job 38:2-3
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    2 What is he that darkeneth his counsaile by wordes without knowledge?

    3 Girde vp thy loynes lyke a man: for I wyl question with thee, see thou geue me a direct aunswere.

  • Job 15:7-8
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    7 Art thou the first man that euer was borne? or wast thou made before the hils?

    8 Hast thou heard the secret counsell of God? and doest thou restraine wysdome to thee?

  • Job 20:4
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    4 Knowest thou not this of olde, and since God plaged man vpon earth,

  • Isa 40:21
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    21 Knowe ye nothyng? hearde ye neuer of it? hath it not ben preached vnto you since the beginning? haue ye not ben enfourmed of this by the foundation of the earth?

  • Prov 8:23-27
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    23 I haue ben ordayned from euerlasting, and from the beginning or euer the earth was made.

    24 When I was borne there were neither depthes nor springes of water.

    25 Before the foundations of the mountaines were layde: yea before all hilles, was I borne:

    26 The earth, and all that is vpon the earth was not yet made, no not the dust it selfe.

    27 For when he made the heauens, I was present, when he compassed the deapthes about:

  • Job 38:33-34
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    33 Knowest thou the course of heauen, that thou mayest set vp the ordinaunce thereof vpon the earth?

    34 Moreouer, canst thou lift vp thy voyce to the cloudes, that they may powre downe a great rayne vpon thee?

  • Ps 102:25
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    25 Thou hast before tyme layde the foundation of the earth: and the heauens are the worke of thy handes.

  • Job 42:3-4
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    3 For who can keepe his owne counsaile so secrete but it shalbe knowen? Therefore haue I spoken that I vnderstoode not, euen the thinges that are to wonderfull for me, and passe myne vnderstanding.

    4 O hearken thou vnto me also, and let me speake: aunswere vnto the thing that I wyll aske thee.

  • Job 40:7-9
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    76%

    7 Girde vp thy loynes now lyke a man: I wyll demaunde of thee, and make thou aunswere.

    8 Wylt thou disanul my iudgement? or wylt thou condempne me, that thou mayst be righteous?

    9 Is thy power then lyke the power of God? maketh thy voyce a sounde as his doth?

  • Prov 8:29
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    29 When he shut the sea within certaine boundes, that the waters should not go ouer their markes that he commaunded: when he layde the foundations of the earth,

  • Job 28:12
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    12 Where then is wysdome founde? and where is the place of vnderstanding?

  • Job 38:16
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    16 Camest thou euer into the grounde of the sea, or walkedst in the lowe corners of the deepe?

  • Job 18:4
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    4 He destroyeth him selfe with his anger: Shall the earth be forsaken, or any stone remoued out of his place because of thee?

  • Job 38:12-13
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    12 Hast thou geue the morning his charge since thy dayes, and shewed the day spring his place,

    13 That it might take holde of the corners of the earth, and that the vngodly might be shaken out of it.

  • Ps 104:5
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    5 He hath layde the earth sure vpon her foundations: that it can neuer moue at any tyme.

  • Heb 1:10
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    10 And thou Lorde, in the begynnyng hast layde the foundation of the earth: And the heauens are the workes of thy handes:

  • Job 28:20
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    20 Whence then commeth wysdome? and where is the place of vnderstanding?

  • Job 33:5
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    5 If thou canst then geue me aunswere, prepare thy selfe and stande before me face to face.

  • Job 37:18
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    18 Hast thou helped him to spreade out the heauens which are strong and bright as a loking glasse?

  • Job 26:4
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    4 To whom hast thou spoken these wordes? who made the breath to come out of thy mouth?

  • Job 34:13
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    13 Who ruleth the earth but he? or who hath placed the whole world?

  • Job 38:36
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    36 Who hath put wysdome in the reynes? or who hath geuen the heart vnderstanding?

  • Ps 90:2
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    2 Before the moutaynes were brought foorth, or euer the earth & the worlde were made: thou art God both from euerlastyng, and also vntyll euerlastyng.

  • Job 37:16
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    16 Hast thou knowen the varietie of the cloudes, and the wonderous workes of him which is perfect in knowledge?

  • Prov 3:19
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    19 With wysdome hath the Lorde layde the foundation of the earth, and thorow vnderstanding hath he stablished the heauens.

  • Job 11:8
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    8 It is hier then heauen, what art thou able to do? deeper then the hel, how wilt thou then knowe it?

  • Job 38:10
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    10 When I gaue it my commaundement, making doores and barres for it,

  • Prov 30:4
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    4 Who hath clymed vp into heauen, and come downe from thence? who hath holden the wynde fast in his hande? who hath gathered together the waters in a garment? who hath established all the endes of the worlde: what is his name, and what is his sonnes name, yf thou canst tell?

  • Job 38:38
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    38 To cause the earth to grow into hardnesse, & the clots to cleaue fast together?

  • Ps 139:15
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    15 The substaunce of my body was not hyd from thee: when I was made in secrete and fashioned with distinct members in my mothers wombe.