Job 38:21

Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?

Cross-references

Job 38:4 Parallel

Job 38:4 asks where Job was at earth's foundation — Job 38:21 sarcastically says Job knows because he was born then, continuing the same rhetorical challenge.

Job 38:12 Parallel

Job 38:12 asks if Job commanded the morning — Job 38:21 mocks Job's supposed knowledge from birth, both from the same divine speech.

Job 15:7 Allusion

Job 15:7 taunts Job as the first man — Job 38:21 echoes this sarcastically, questioning Job's ancient knowledge.