Job 38:4

Job 38:4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

Ver. 4. Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? ] q.d. Thou wast nowhere, a mere nonens; thou wast no companion or counsellor of mine; nay, not so much as an onlooker, for thou art but of yesterday. Thou understandest not the reason of this fair fabric; much less of my dark and deep counsels.

Declare, if thou hast understanding ] Heb. if thou kuowest understanding. An irony, but friendly, and free from all bitterness; the better to convince Job of his folly and faultiness; for which end, also, multis eum interrogationibus onerat, God loadeth him with many deep questions, the least whereof he could not answer. (Mercer).