Job 38:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hastb understanding. ”

Job 38:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? - The first appeal is to the creation. The question here, “Where wast thou?” implies that Job was not present. He had not then an existen...
Job 38:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Where wast thou when I (d) laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. (d) Seeing he could not judge those things which were done so long before he was born, he was not a...
Job 38:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Yahweh, speaking to Job out of the storm, challenges him to the contest, which he has so often demanded.
Job 38:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

hast understanding . knowest.
Job 38:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? - Thou hast a limited and derived being; thou...
Job 38:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. To understand the cause of things, man should have been present at their origin. The finite creat...
Job 38:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The First Speech of the Almighty ( Job 38:39 ) The marvels of creation, which witness to the infinite wisdom, power, and watchful care of the Creator, are presented to Job in such a way as to forc...
Job 38:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Where wast thou? — The comparison of the creation of the world to the building of an edifice is such a concession to the feebleness of man as serves of itself to heighten the effect of the inevitab...
Job 38:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

XXVII. "MUSIC IN THE BOUNDS OF LAW" Job 38:1-41 OVER the shadowed life of Job, and the world shadowed for him by his own intellectual and moral gloom, a storm sweeps, and from the storm issues...
Job 38:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Divine Power and Human Ignorance Job 38:1-18 When the storm had ceased and the thunder was hushed, a voice spoke out of the golden splendor of the sky. See Job 37:21-22 . Job had challenged Go...
Job 38:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here begins the third movement in the great drama, that which deals with the controversy between Jehovah and Job. Out of the midst of the whirlwind the divine voice speaks. Its first word is a challe...
Job 38:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(4) В¶ Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. (5) Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?...
Job 38:4 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

FINITE CREATURE V. INFINITE CREATOR ‘Who is this?… Where wast thou?’ Job 38:2 ; Job 38:4 I. Humility should be one grace which springs up in my heart as I think of the majesty and might of...
Job 38:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth ?.... The earth has foundations, and such firm ones that it cannot be moved; but what are they, since it is hung in the air on nothing! No ot...
Job 38:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Ver. 4. Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? ] q.d. Thou wast nowhere, a mere...
Job 38:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? When I settled it as firm upon its own centre as if it had been built upon the surest foundations? Then thou wast nowhere; thou hadst no be...
Job 38:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Marvellously, God Himself directly intervenes in this discussion so early in the history of man. The storm that had been brewing as Elihu spoke becomes a whirlwind, and God spoke to Job out of the wh...
Job 38:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Creation of the World. B. C. 1520. 4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations o...
Job 38:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Then thou wast no where, thou hadst no being; thou art but of yesterday; and dost thou presume to judge of my eternal counsels? I made the world without thy help, and therefore can govern it without...
Job 38:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

JEHOVAH’S ADDRESS TO JOB Elihu had now said all he intended. Possibly interrupted by the storm which had been gathering during his speech. Out of the storm-cloud, from which already issued thund...
Job 38:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 38:1 . The whirlwind. Clouds and flames are the chariots of the Lord, in deigning to speak with men. When he spake to Elijah in Horeb, it was with wind, and fire, and earthquake. Likewise in...
Job 38:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Ignorance of the world’s origin God would impress on Job his utter ignorance of the world in which he lived, and his incompetency to in...
Job 38:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

CLOSE OF THE CONTROVERSY BY THE INTERFERENCE OF THE ALMIGHTY . EXPOSITION The discourse, by which the Almighty answers Job and rebukes his "friends," occupies four chapters (...
Job 38:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Manifestation of God's Majesty in Creation
Job 38:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 1:1 ; Hebrews 1:10 ; Hebrews 1:2 ; Proverbs 30:4 ; Proverbs 8:22 ; Proverbs 8:29 ; Proverbs 8:30 ; Psalms 102:25 ; Psalms 104:5
Job 38:4 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

God Speaks to Job Job 38:1-41 to Job 42:1-17 INTRODUCTORY WORDS God's words to Job do not carry much by way of the explanation of redemption. Job was a child of God, and well-instructed...
Job 38:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Where — Thou art but of yesterday; and dost thou presume to judge of my eternal counsels! When — When I settled it as firm upon its own center as if it had been built upon the surest foundations.

Job 38:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Job 38:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Job 38:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 38:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Job 38:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Job 38:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Job 38:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 38:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Job 38:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Job 38:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Job 38:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job 38:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Job 38:4 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Job 38:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Job 38:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 38:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 38:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job 38:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job 38:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Job 38:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Job 38:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 38:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Job 38:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Job 38:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job 38:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 38:4 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Job 38:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes