Job 38:3
Gird up now thy loins like a man, for I will demand of thee, and declare thou to me.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
In Context
2Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
4Where were thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou have understanding.
Cross References
1 Kings 18:46And the hand of LORD was on Elijah, and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
Job 13:22Then call thou, and I will answer, or let me speak, and answer thou me.
Job 23:3O that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat!
Job 40:2Shall he who quibbles contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.
Job 42:4Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak, I will ask of thee, and declare thou to me.
1 Peter 1:13Therefore having girded up the loins of your mind, being sober, hope entirely for the grace brought to you at the revealing of Jesus Christ.
Matthew Henry on Job 38:2-4
God Answers Out of the Whirlwind. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, 2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? 3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. Let us observe here, 1. Who speaks— The Lord, Jehovah, not a created angel, but the eternal Word himself, the second person in the blessed Trinity, for it is he by whom the worlds were made, and that was no other than the Son of God. The same speaks here that… Read the whole commentary →