en_tn_condensed/job/38/04.md

Yahweh continues to challenge Job.

## Where were you...foundations ##

Yahweh uses this question to emphasize that Job did not exist when he created the earth, so Job does not understand how Yahweh made the earth. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

## I laid the earth’s foundations ##

"I made the foundations for the earth." Yahweh describes creating the earth as though he was building a building. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

## Tell me ##

AT: "Tell me the answer." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])

## if you have so much understanding ##

"you think you know so much"

## Who determined its dimensions ##

Yahweh uses this question to emphasize that he decide how big the earth should be, so he is the only one who understands how he made it.

## stretched the measuring line over it ##

"measured the earth with a rope"

## measuring line ##

a rope or cord that people use to make sure that they build a building the right size and the right shape