Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
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Gill's Exposition
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?.... The earth has foundations, and such firm ones that it cannot be moved; but what are they, since it is hung in the air on nothing! No other…
Barnes' Notes
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? - The first appeal is to the creation. The question here, “Where wast thou?” implies that Job was not present. He had not then an existence.…
Adam Clarke
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? - Thou hast a limited and derived being; thou art only of yesterday; what canst thou know? Didst thou see me create the world?
For the humbling of Job, God here shows him his ignorance even concerning the earth and the sea. Though so near, though so bulky, yet he could give no account of their origination, much less of heaven…
A survey of the inanimate creation, the wonders of earth and sky the earth, Job 38:4-18; the heavens, Job 38:18-38
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