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Bible in Basic English
Where were you when I put the earth on its base? Say, if you have knowledge.
New American Standard Bible
Tell Me, if you
King James Version
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
Holman Bible
Tell Me, if you have
International Standard Version
"Where were you when I laid the foundation of my earth? Tell me, since you're so informed!
A Conservative Version
Where were thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou have understanding.
American Standard Version
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.
Amplified
“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?
Tell Me, if you know and have understanding.
Darby Translation
Where wast thou when I founded the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.
Julia Smith Translation
Where wort thou in my founding the earth? Announce, if thou knewest understanding.
King James 2000
Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if you have understanding.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Where were you at my laying the foundation of [the] earth? Tell [me], if you possess understanding.
Modern King James verseion
Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell if you have understanding!
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"Where wast thou, when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell plainly if thou hast understanding.
NET Bible
"Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you possess understanding!
New Heart English Bible
"Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.
The Emphasized Bible
Where wast thou, when I founded the earth? Tell, if thou knowest understanding!
Webster
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
World English Bible
"Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.
Youngs Literal Translation
Where wast thou when I founded earth? Declare, if thou hast known understanding.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 38:4
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Context Readings
Yahweh Interrogates Job
3 Get your strength together like a man of war; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers. 4 Where were you when I put the earth on its base? Say, if you have knowledge. 5 By whom were its measures fixed? Say, if you have wisdom; or by whom was the line stretched out over it?
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Cross References
Psalm 104:5
He has made the earth strong on its bases, so that it may not be moved for ever and ever;
Proverbs 30:4
Who has gone up to heaven and come down? who has taken the winds in his hands, prisoning the waters in his robe? by whom have all the ends of the earth been fixed? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if you are able to say?
Genesis 1:1
At the first God made the heaven and the earth.
Proverbs 8:22
The Lord made me as the start of his way, the first of his works in the past.
Proverbs 8:29-30
When he put a limit to the sea, so that the waters might not go against his word: when he put in position the bases of the earth:
Hebrews 1:2
But now, at the end of these days, it has come to us through his Son, to whom he has given all things for a heritage, and through whom he made the order of the generations;
Hebrews 1:10
You, Lord, at the first did put the earth on its base, and the heavens are the works of your hands: