Job 38:3
Gird up thy loins like a man! I will ask thee, and answer thou me!
Noyes Bible
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 darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
4Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding!
Cross References
Job 13:22Then call upon me, and I will answer; Or I will speak, and answer thou me.
Job 23:3O that I knew where I might find him! That I might go before his throne!
Job 40:2Will the censurer of the Almighty contend with him? Will the reprover of God answer?
Job 42:4Hear thou, then, I beseech thee, and I will speak! I will ask thee, and do thou instruct me!
1 Peter 1:13Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope undoubtingly for the grace that is to be brought to you at the manifestation 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 →