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The Book of Job, Chapter 38, Verse 4

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Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
King James Version
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
American Standard Version
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.
New English Translation
God’s questions to Job“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you possess understanding!
World English Bible
"Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.
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Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
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Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
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When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
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Or [who] shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, [as if] it had issued out of the womb?
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When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
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And brake up for it my decreed [place], and set bars and doors,
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And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
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Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; [and] caused the dayspring to know his place;
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That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
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It is turned as clay [to] the seal; and they stand as a garment.