Job 38:4

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.

Cross References

Genesis 1:1

When God began to create the heavens and the earth,

Genesis 2:4

These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created. In the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,

Job 15:7

“Are you the firstborn of the human race? Were you brought forth before the hills?

Job 28:25

When he gave to the wind its weight and apportioned out the waters by measure,

Job 34:13

Who gave him charge over the earth, and who laid on him the whole world?

Psalm 102:25

Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.

Psalm 102:26

They will perish, but you endure; they will all wear out like a garment. You change them like clothing, and they pass away,

Psalm 104:5

You set the earth on its foundations, so that it shall never be shaken.

Proverbs 3:19

The Lord by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding he established the heavens;

Proverbs 30:4

Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in the hollow of the hand? Who has wrapped up the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is the person’s name? And what is the name of the person’s child? Surely you know!

Proverbs 8:22

“The Lord created me at the beginning of his work, the first of his acts of long ago.

Isaiah 40:14

Whom did he consult for his enlightenment, and who taught him the path of justice? [[Who taught him knowledge and showed him the way of understanding?

Jeremiah 10:12

It is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.

Amos 4:13

For the one who forms the mountains, creates the wind, reveals his thoughts to mortals, makes the morning darkness, and treads on the heights of the earth— the Lord, the God of hosts, is his name!

Hebrews 1:10

And, “In the beginning, Lord, you founded the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands;

Hebrews 1:2

but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom he also created the worlds.

1 Samuel 2:8

He raises up the poor from the dust; he lifts the needy from the ash heap to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and on them he has set the world.