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## Job 38:2-3 in Context (Verses 1–6 KJV)
 
 [1 ](/kjv/job/38/1) Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
 
 [2 ](/kjv/job/38/2) Who *is* this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
 
 [3 ](/kjv/job/38/3) Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.*
 
 [4 ](/kjv/job/38/4) Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.*
 
 [5 ](/kjv/job/38/5) Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
 
 [6 ](/kjv/job/38/6) Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;**
 
[Job 37](/kjv/job/37) [Job 39](/kjv/job/39)

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