Gird up now thy loins like a man: I [a]will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

Where wast thou when I [b]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 over it:

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Footnotes

  1. Job 38:3 Because he had wished to dispute with God, Job 23:3, God reasoneth with him, to declare his rashness.
  2. Job 38:4 Seeing he could not judge of those things which were done so long before he was born, he was not able to comprehend all God’s works: much less the secret causes of his judgments.

Brace yourself like a man;
    I will question you,
    and you shall answer me.(A)

“Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?(B)
    Tell me, if you understand.(C)
Who marked off its dimensions?(D) Surely you know!
    Who stretched a measuring line(E) across it?

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