It is as if God had said to Job, “Who set the measurements of the earth, Mr. So the words “since you know” could be taken sarcastically. But Job “knows” this secondhand, not firsthand he wasn’t there to witness it. The question in the very next line is also a rhetorical question: “Who set its measurements? Since you know.” In a sense, the words “since you know” are completely accurate and consistent with Job not preexisting: he knows that it was the LORD God who “set its measurements,” no one else. The LORD had already said so in verse 2 when he described Job as someone who “darkens counsel by words without knowledge.” Notice the next line: “Tell me, if you have understanding.” Of course, the point is that Job doesn’t have understanding. In this context, the question “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?” is a rhetorical question that assumes the answer is “Nowhere.” God’s point is that Job wasn’t around when God did this work of creation and so doesn’t know anything about the foundation of the earth. Job had presumed to question God’s justice, and God is responding by exposing Job’s ignorance. He is challenging Job using very strong language. Throughout this passage, the LORD is speaking to Job. Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?Īnd all the sons of God shouted for joy?” (Job 38:2-7 NASB) Does this passage teach preexistence of human spirits? They also often appeal to the LORD’s statement that “all the sons of God shouted for joy” when he made the earth (v. Mormons often understand this question to mean that Job did exist when the LORD made the earth.
In this passage, the LORD (Jehovah or Yahweh) asks Job, “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?” (v.
In support of this doctrine, Mormons often quote Job 38:4-7. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints teaches that human beings existed in heaven as spirits before the formation of the earth.
"When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?"
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