Job

Job 38:4–6

⁴Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?

Tell Me, if you have understanding.

⁵Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know!

Or who stretched a measuring line across it?

⁶On what were its foundations set,

or who laid its cornerstone,^d

Footnotes

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Where	אֵיפֹ֣ה	’ê·p̄ōh	Interrogative	H375 where?
were you	הָ֭יִיתָ	hā·yî·ṯā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
when I laid the foundations	בְּיָסְדִי־	bə·yā·sə·ḏî-	Preposition-b; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; first person common singular	H3245 establish, found, fix
of the earth	אָ֑רֶץ	’ā·reṣ	Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
Tell	הַ֝גֵּ֗ד	hag·gêḏ	Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular	H5046 be conspicuous
if	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
you have understanding	יָדַ֥עְתָּ	yā·ḏa‘·tā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H3045 know

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Who	מִי־	mî-	Interrogative	H4310 who?
fixed	שָׂ֣ם	śām	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H7760 put, place, set
its measurements	מְ֭מַדֶּיהָ	mə·mad·de·hā	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H4461 measurement
Surely	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
you know	תֵדָ֑ע	ṯê·ḏā‘	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H3045 know
Or	א֤וֹ	’ōw	Conjunction	H176 or
who	מִֽי־	mî-	Interrogative	H4310 who?
stretched	נָטָ֖ה	nā·ṭāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H5186 stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend
a measuring line	קָּֽו׃	qāw	Noun - masculine singular	H6957 line
across it	עָלֶ֣יהָ	‘ā·le·hā	Preposition; third person feminine singular	H5921 height

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
On what	מָ֭ה	māh	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
were its foundations	אֲדָנֶ֣יהָ	’ă·ḏā·ne·hā	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H134 base, pedestal
set	הָטְבָּ֑עוּ	hā·ṭə·bā·‘ū	Verb - Hofal - Perfect - third person common plural	H2883 sink, sink down
or	א֥וֹ	’ōw	Conjunction	H176 or
who	מִֽי־	mî-	Interrogative	H4310 who?
laid	יָ֝רָ֗ה	yā·rāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H3384 throw, shoot
its cornerstone	פִּנָּתָֽהּ׃	pin·nā·ṯāh	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H6438 corner

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 38:4 Psalm 104:5 · Hebrews 1:10 · Proverbs 30:4 · Hebrews 1:2 · Genesis 1:1 · Psalm 102:25 · Proverbs 8:22 · Proverbs 8:29–30

Job 38:5 Isaiah 40:12 · Zechariah 2:1–2 · Job 11:9 · Job 28:25 · Psalm 19:4 · Proverbs 8:27 · Isaiah 40:22 · Isaiah 34:11 · 2 Corinthians 10:16 · Psalm 78:55 · Proverbs 8:29

Job 38:6 Job 26:7 · Psalm 104:5 · Psalm 93:1 · Isaiah 28:16 · 2 Peter 3:5 · Zechariah 12:1 · Psalm 118:22 · Psalm 144:12 · Psalm 24:2 · Exodus 26:18–25 · Ephesians 2:20–21 · 1 Samuel 2:8

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.