Job 38:3
Gird up thy loins like a man : I will ask thee, and answer thou me.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 wrappeth up sentences in unskillful words?
4Where wast thou when I laid up the foundations of the earth ? tell me if thou hast understanding.
Cross References
1 Kings 18:46And the hand of the Lord was upon Elias, and he girded up his loins and ran before Achab, till he came to Jezrahel.
Job 13:22Call me, and I will answer thee: or else I will speak, and do thou answer me.
Job 23:3Who will grant me that I might know and find him, and come even to his throne?
Job 40:2Gird up thy loins like a man : I will ask thee, and do thou tell me.
Job 42:4Hear, and I will speak : I will ask thee, and do thou tell me.
1 Peter 1:13Wherefore having the loins of your mind girt up, being sober, trust perfectly in the grace which is offered you in the revelation 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 →