Job 38:4

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

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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 th...
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...
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.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Wonders of the Inanimate Creation. Where was Job when the earth was made? The work of creation is described as the building of a house. In Job...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

hast understanding . knowest.
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 ear...
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 h...
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 Crea...
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 serve...
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 mora...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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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 t...
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...
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...
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 t...
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...
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 fou...
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 becom...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Creation of the World. B. C. 1520. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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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 o...
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...
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 w...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

CLOSE OF THE CONTROVERSY BY THE INTERFERENCE OF THE ALMIGHTY . EXPOSITION The discourse, by which the Almighty answers Job a...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Manifestation of God's Majesty in Creation
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare if thou hast understanding. No human being having been present at the creation of t...
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 redemp...
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 i...

⁴ Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hastb understanding.

Related Commentaries of Job 38:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 38:4