John Trapp on Job 38:4

Verſe 4. Where waſt thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?] q. d. Thou waſt no where, a meer Non-ens: thou waſt no companion or counſellour of mine; nay, not ſo much as a looker on, for thou art but of yeſterday. Thou underſtandeſt not the reaſon of this fair fabrick: much leſſe of my dark and deep counſels.

Declare if thou haſt underſtinding] Heb. If thou knoweſt underſtanding. An irony, but friendly, and free from all bitterneſſe; the better to convince Job of his folly and faultineſſe: for which end alſo, multis eum interrogationibus onerat, Mercer. God loadeth him with many deep queſtions, the leaſt whereof he could not anſwer.