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Job 38:4
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Job 38:4
4Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
4*Where wast thou when I layd the foundations of the earth? declare, †if thou hast vnderstanding.
- Heb. if thou knowest vnderstanding.
- Psal. 104.5. prou. 30.4.
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 38:4
Placed, set down, imposed, or arranged.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
The ground or dry land; the world or inhabited realm; or a country and its people, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE)
To make known, announce, or show clearly.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience; also used as an auxiliary verb.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
understanding
Discernment, intelligence, comprehension, or the faculty of knowing.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study5Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
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Open the full verse study10And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:
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Open the full verse study4Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou canst tell?
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Open the full verse study2Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
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Open the full verse study1IN the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
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Open the full verse study25Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
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Open the full verse study22The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
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Open the full verse study29When he gave to 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, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;
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