Job 38:4
Job · Old Testament · Chapter 38
“Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.”Job 38:4
What Does Job 38:4 Mean?
Job 38:4 is found in the book of Job, chapter 38, verse 4 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Creation.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Job 38:4 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Genesis 1:1“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”Isaiah 40:12“Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?”Psalms 104:5“Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.”Proverbs 25:2“It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.”Hebrews 1:10“And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:”1 Samuel 2:8“He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD’s, and he hath set the world upon them.”Proverbs 30:4“Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou canst tell?”Psalms 24:2“For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.”Job 9:6“Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.”Ecclesiastes 11:5“As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.”Jeremiah 10:12“He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.”Hebrews 1:2“Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;”Job 15:7“Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?”Psalms 102:25“Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.”Proverbs 8:25“Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:”Isaiah 40:22“It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:”Jeremiah 27:5“I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.”Job 34:13“Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?”Job 37:15“Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?”Psalms 18:15“Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.”
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