Job 38:4–6
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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!
38:5Who set its measurements—if7 you know—
or who stretched a measuring line across it?
38:6On what8 were its bases9 set,
or who laid its cornerstone—
Footnotes
- 5 The construction is the infinitive construct in a temporal clause, using the preposition and the subjective genitive suffix.
- 6 The verb is the imperative; it has no object “me” in the text.
- 7 The particle ךּ (ki) is taken here for a conditional clause, “if you know” (see §159.dd). Others take it as “surely” with a biting irony.
- 8 For the interrogative serving as a genitive, see §136.b.
- 9 The world was conceived of as having bases and pillars, but these poetic descriptions should not be pressed too far (e.g., see Ps 24:2, which may be worded as much for its polemics against Canaanite mythology as anything).
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?
Tell me, if you have understanding.
Who determined its measurements—surely you know!
Or who stretched the line upon it?
On what were its bases sunk,
or who laid its cornerstone,
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
“Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?
Tell me, if you understand.
Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know!
Who stretched a measuring line across it?
On what were its footings set,
or who laid its cornerstone—
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Where were you when I established the earth?
Tell me, if you have understanding.
Who fixed its dimensions? Certainly you know!
Who stretched a measuring line across it?
What supports its foundations?
Or who laid its cornerstone
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NLTNew Living Translation
“Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?
Tell me, if you know so much.
Who determined its dimensions
and stretched out the surveying line?
What supports its foundations,
and who laid its cornerstone
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
“Where were you at my laying the foundation of the earth?
Tell me, if you possess understanding.
Who determined its measurement? Yes, you do know.
Or who stretched the measuring line upon it?
On what were its bases sunk?
Or who laid its cornerstone,
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KJV 1900King James Version
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?
Declare, if thou hast understanding.
Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest?
Or who hath stretched the line upon it?
Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened?
Or who laid the corner stone thereof;
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