Job 38:4
What does Job 38:4 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 38:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Where were you when I put the earth on its base? Say, if you have knowledge.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Where wast thou when I founded earth? Declare, if thou hast known understanding.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? tell me if thou hast understanding.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Where wast thou when I founded the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 104:5
Who laid the foundations of the earth, That it should not be moved for ever.
- Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
- Proverbs 8:29
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;
- Hebrews 1:2
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;
- Psalms 102:25
Of old didst thou lay the foundation of the earth; And the heavens are the work of thy hands.
- Proverbs 8:22
Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old.
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