Job 38:4

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

God’s questions to Job“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you possess understanding!

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 104:5 : 5 He established the earth on its foundations; it will never be moved.
  • Prov 30:4 : 4 Who has ascended into heaven, and then descended? Who has gathered up the winds in his fists? 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 his son’s name? Surely you can know!
  • Heb 1:10 : 10 And,“You founded the earth in the beginning, Lord, and the heavens are the works of your hands.
  • Heb 1:2 : 2 in these last days he has spoken to us in a son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he created the world.
  • Prov 8:22 : 22 The LORD created me as the beginning of his works, before his deeds of long ago.
  • Prov 8:29-30 : 29 when he gave the sea his decree that the waters should not pass over his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth, 30 then I was beside him as a master craftsman, and I was his delight day by day, rejoicing before him at all times,
  • Gen 1:1 : 1 ¶ The Creation of the World In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
  • Ps 102:25 : 25 In earlier times you established the earth; the skies are your handiwork.

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  • Job 38:5-8
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    5Who set its measurements– if you know– or who stretched a measuring line across it?

    6On what were its bases set, or who laid its cornerstone–

    7when the morning stars sang in chorus, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

    8“Who shut up the sea with doors when it burst forth, coming out of the womb,

  • Job 38:18-22
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    18Have you considered the vast expanses of the earth? Tell me, if you know it all!

    19“In what direction does light reside, and darkness, where is its place,

    20that you may take them to their borders and perceive the pathways to their homes?

    21You know, for you were born before them; and the number of your days is great!

    22Have you entered the storehouse of the snow, or seen the armory of the hail,

  • Job 38:2-3
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    2“Who is this who darkens counsel with words without knowledge?

    3Get ready for a difficult task like a man; I will question you and you will inform me!

  • Job 15:7-8
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    7“Were you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?

    8Do you listen in on God’s secret council? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?

  • Job 20:4
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    4“Surely you know that it has been from old, ever since humankind was placed on the earth,

  • Isa 40:21
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    21Do you not know? Do you not hear? Has it not been told to you since the very beginning? Have you not understood from the time the earth’s foundations were made?

  • Prov 8:23-27
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    23From eternity I have been fashioned, from the beginning, from before the world existed.

    24When there were no deep oceans I was born, when there were no springs overflowing with water;

    25before the mountains were set in place– before the hills– I was born,

    26before he made the earth and its fields, or the top soil of the world.

    27When he established the heavens, I was there; when he marked out the horizon over the face of the deep,

  • Job 38:33-34
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    33Do you know the laws of the heavens, or can you set up their rule over the earth?

    34Can you raise your voice to the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?

  • Ps 102:25
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    25In earlier times you established the earth; the skies are your handiwork.

  • Job 42:3-4
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    3you asked,‘Who is this who darkens counsel without knowledge?’ But I have declared without understanding things too wonderful for me to know.

    4You said,‘Pay attention, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.’

  • Job 40:7-9
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    7“Get ready for a difficult task like a man. I will question you and you will inform me!

    8Would you indeed annul my justice? Would you declare me guilty so that you might be right?

    9Do you have an arm as powerful as God’s, and can you thunder with a voice like his?

  • Prov 8:29
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    29when he gave the sea his decree that the waters should not pass over his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,

  • Job 28:12
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    12No Price Can Buy Wisdom“But wisdom– where can it be found? Where is the place of understanding?

  • Job 38:16
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    16Have you gone to the springs that fill the sea, or walked about in the recesses of the deep?

  • Job 18:4
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    4You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger, will the earth be abandoned for your sake? Or will a rock be moved from its place?

  • Job 38:12-13
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    12Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, or made the dawn know its place,

    13that it might seize the corners of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it?

  • Ps 104:5
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    5He established the earth on its foundations; it will never be moved.

  • Heb 1:10
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    10And,“You founded the earth in the beginning, Lord, and the heavens are the works of your hands.

  • Job 28:20
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    20God Alone Has Wisdom“But wisdom– where does it come from? Where is the place of understanding?

  • Job 33:5
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    5Reply to me, if you can; set your arguments in order before me and take your stand!

  • Job 37:18
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    18will you, with him, spread out the clouds, solid as a mirror of molten metal?

  • Job 26:4
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    4To whom did you utter these words? And whose spirit has come forth from your mouth?

  • Job 34:13
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    13Who entrusted to him the earth? And who put him over the whole world?

  • Job 38:36
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    36Who has put wisdom in the heart, or has imparted understanding to the mind?

  • Ps 90:2
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    2Even before the mountains came into existence, or you brought the world into being, you were the eternal God.

  • Job 37:16
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    16Do you know about the balancing of the clouds, that wondrous activity of him who is perfect in knowledge?

  • Prov 3:19
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    19By wisdom the LORD laid the foundation of the earth; he established the heavens by understanding.

  • Job 11:8
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    8It is higher than the heavens– what can you do? It is deeper than Sheol– what can you know?

  • Job 38:10
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    10when I prescribed its limits, and set in place its bolts and doors,

  • Prov 30:4
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    4Who has ascended into heaven, and then descended? Who has gathered up the winds in his fists? 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 his son’s name? Surely you can know!

  • Job 38:38
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    38when the dust hardens into a mass, and the clumps of earth stick together?

  • Ps 139:15
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    15my bones were not hidden from you, when I was made in secret and sewed together in the depths of the earth.