Job 40:7
Do but gird up like a mighty man thy loins: I will ask thee, and do thou inform me.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
In Context
6Then answered the Lord unto Job out of the storm-wind, and said,
8Wilt thou indeed annul my decree? wilt thou condemn me, in order that thou mayest appear righteous?
Cross References
Job 23:3Oh who would grant that I knew where I might find him! that I might attain to his Judgment throne!
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 40:7-15
Divine Justice and Power; God's Dominion over the Proud. ( b. c. 1520.) 6 Then answered the Lord unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said, 7 Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. 8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous? 9 Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him? 10 Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty. 11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath:… Read the whole commentary →