Job 38:4

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

Cross References

Genesis 1:1

In the beginning God created 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 first man that was born? Or were you brought forth before the hills?

Job 28:25

When he gave to the wind its weight, and meted 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

Of old thou didst lay the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of thy hands.

Psalm 102:26

They will perish, but thou dost endure; they will all wear out like a garment. Thou changest them like raiment, and they pass away;

Psalm 104:5

Thou didst set the earth on its foundations, so that it should 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 his fists? Who has wrapped up the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name? Surely you know!

Proverbs 8:22

The Lord created me at the beginning of his work, the first of his acts of old.

Isaiah 40:14

Whom did he consult for his enlightenment, and who taught him the path of justice, and 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 lo, he who forms the mountains, and creates the wind, and declares to man what is his thought; who 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, “Thou, Lord, didst found the earth in the beginning, and the heavens are the work of thy hands;

Hebrews 1:2

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

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.