🌪️WEB · Job 38:4
What does Job 38:4 mean?
"“Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding."
— Job 38:4 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind,
“Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
Brace yourself like a man, for I will question you, then you answer me!
“Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.
Who determined its measures, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it?
Whereupon were its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone,
when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
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