Job 38:4-5, 8, 10, 12 | ESV | STEP | Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth ? Tell me, if you have understanding .

a Ps. 104:5; [Prov. 30:4; Isa. 40:12-14]; See Prov. 8:24-29

b Gen. 1:9; Ps. 33:7; 104:8, 9; Jer. 5:22

Job 38:4-5

4 “Where were you when I ^alaid the foundation of the earth?
Tell me, if you have understanding.
5 Who determined its measurements—surely you know!
Or who stretched the line upon it?

Job 38:8

8 “Or who ^bshut in the sea with doors
when it burst out from the womb,

Job 38:10

10 and prescribed ^climits for it
and set bars and doors,

Job 38:12

12 “Have you ^dcommanded the morning since your days began,
and caused the dawn to know its place,