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Job 38

Job 38:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Where
'eyphoh (Hebrew #375)
from 335 and 6311; what place?; also (of time) when?; or (of means) how?; --what manner, where.
Pronounce: ay-fo'
o wast thou when I laid the foundations
yacad (Hebrew #3245)
to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e. settle, consult
KJV usage: appoint, take counsel, establish, (lay the, lay for a) found(-ation), instruct, lay, ordain, set, X sure.
Pronounce: yaw-sad'
Origin: a primitive root
of the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
? declare
nagad (Hebrew #5046)
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise
KJV usage: bewray, X certainly, certify, declare(-ing), denounce, expound, X fully, messenger, plainly, profess, rehearse, report, shew (forth), speak, X surely, tell, utter.
Pronounce: naw-gad'
Origin: a primitive root
, if thou ζhast
yada` (Hebrew #3045)
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) (as follow)
KJV usage: acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-)awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, X could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-)norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, + be learned, + lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, X prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), X will be, wist, wit, wot.
Pronounce: yaw-dah'
Origin: a primitive root
understanding
biynah (Hebrew #998)
understanding
KJV usage: knowledge , meaning, X perfectly, understanding, wisdom.
Pronounce: bee-naw'
Origin: from 995
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Prov. 8:22‑30• 22Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
 23I was set up from eternity, from the beginning, before the earth was.
 24When there were no depths, I was brought forth, when there were no fountains abounding with water.
 25Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth;
 26while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world.
 27When he prepared the heavens I was there; when he ordained the circle upon the face of the deep;
 28when he established the skies above, when the fountains of the deep became strong;
 29when he imposed on the sea his decree that the waters should not pass his commandment, when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
 30then I was by him his nursling, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; (Prov. 8:22‑30)
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knowest.

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Prov. 8:22,29‑30• 22Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
 29when he imposed on the sea his decree that the waters should not pass his commandment, when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
 30then I was by him his nursling, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; (Prov. 8:22,29‑30)
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Prov. 30:4• 4Who hath ascended up into the heavens, and descended? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound the waters in a mantle? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou knowest? (Prov. 30:4)
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Gen. 1:1• 1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. (Gen. 1:1)
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Psa. 102:25• 25Of old hast thou founded the earth, and the heavens are the work of thy hands: (Psa. 102:25)
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Psa. 104:5• 5He laid the earth upon its foundations: it shall not be removed for ever. (Psa. 104:5)
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Heb. 1:2,10• 2at the end of these days has spoken to us in the person of the Son, whom he has established heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
 10And, *Thou* in the beginning, Lord, hast founded the earth, and works of thy hands are the heavens. (Heb. 1:2,10)
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Heb. knowest.
• Questions as to the works of creation (vers. 4-38). (“Job 38-42:6” by S. Ridout)
• The foundations of the earth (vers. 4-7). (“Job 38-42:6” by S. Ridout)
• Jehovah begins with the earth, the abode of man. Does Job know the history of his own dwelling place? (“Job 38-42:6” by S. Ridout)
• (Prov. 8:22, 25). Or in the language of the New Testament, “All things were made (came into being, eyevero) by Him” (John 1:3). Here was a truth more wondrous even than creation; it tells of the divine Associate who, while putting into being His Father’s plans, and delighting in them, had His eyes upon other objects: “My delights were with the sons of men.” God in nature, as in all else, is ever saying, “This is My Beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye Him.” (“Job 38-42:6” by S. Ridout)
• How easily we pass beyond our finite knowledge! Even of this wondrous first creation we are profoundly ignorant. What we know but makes us realize the vast ocean of what we do not know. The light we have exposes the intensity of the surrounding darkness. (“Job 38-42:6” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Where wast thou when I founded the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.