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Gird up now thy loins like a man;
For I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?
Declare, [a]if thou hast understanding.
Who determined the measures thereof, [b]if thou knowest?
Or who stretched the line upon it?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 38:4 Hebrew if thou knowest understanding.
  2. Job 38:5 Or, seeing

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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