Job 38:3
Do but gird up like a mighty man thy loins: and I will ask thee, and do thou inform me.
Leeser Tanakh
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 casteth darkness [on my] counsel by words without knowledge?
Cross References
1 Kings 18:46And the inspiration of the Lord came over Elijah, and he girded up his loins; and he ran before Achab up to the entrance of Yizre'el.
Job 13:22Then call thou, and I will answer; or let me speak, and do thou reply to me.
Job 23:3Oh who would grant that I knew where I might find him! that I might attain to his Judgment throne!
Job 40:2Will he that contendeth with the Almighty yet find fault? him that reproveth God answer this.
Job 42:4Oh do but hear [me], and I will indeed speak: I will ask of thee, and do thou inform me.
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 →