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Job 38:4

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God’s questions to Job

38:4“Where were you

when I laid the foundation5 of the earth?

Tell me,6 if you possess understanding!

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Footnotes

  1. 5 The construction is the infinitive construct in a temporal clause, using the preposition and the subjective genitive suffix.
  2. 6 The verb is the imperative; it has no object “me” in the text.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?

Tell me, if you have understanding.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?

Tell me, if you understand.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Where were you when I established the earth?

Tell me, if you have understanding.

NLTNew Living Translation

“Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?

Tell me, if you know so much.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“Where were you at my laying the foundation of the earth?

Tell me, if you possess understanding.

KJV 1900King James Version

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?

Declare, if thou hast understanding.