Job 38:4 - Revised Standard Version “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Declare to Me, if you have and know understanding. American Standard Version (1901) Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding. Common English Bible Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundations? Tell me if you know. Catholic Public Domain Version Where were you, when I set the foundations of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Where wast thou when I laid up the foundations of the earth? Tell me if thou hast understanding. |
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,
“Are you the first man that was born? Or were you brought forth before the hills?
When he gave to the wind its weight, and meted out the waters by measure;
Who gave him charge over the earth and who laid on him the whole world?
Of old thou didst lay the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
They will perish, but thou dost endure; they will all wear out like a garment. Thou changest them like raiment, and they pass away;
Thou didst set the earth on its foundations, so that it should never be shaken.
The Lord by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding he established the heavens;
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!
The Lord created me at the beginning of his work, the first of his acts of old.
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?
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.
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!
And, “Thou, Lord, didst found the earth in the beginning, and the heavens are the work of thy hands;
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.
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.