Job 38:3
I want to ask you some questions, so, just like men prepare themselves for a difficult task [MET], prepare to answer my questions.
Translation for Translators
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
Cross References
1 Kings 18:46Yahweh gave extra strength to Elijah. He tucked his cloak into his belt in order to run fast, and he ran ahead of Ahab’s chariot all the way 17 miles/26 km. to Jezreel.
Job 13:22You speak first, and then I will reply; or allow me to speak first, and then you reply.
Job 23:3I ◄wish that I knew/want to know► where I could meet/talk with him, so that I could go to the place where he lives.
Job 40:2“Do you still want to argue with me, the Almighty One? Since you criticize me, ◄you should be able to answer my questions!/why are you not able to answer my questions?► [RHQ]”
Job 42:4You said to me, ‘Listen while I talk to you. I want to ask you some questions, so prepare yourself to answer them.’
1 Peter 1:13Therefore, prepare your minds [MET] as people fasten their belts around their waists to prepare to work. What I mean is that you should ◄discipline your minds/control what you think about►, and by doing that conduct your lives fully and confidently expecting to receive the good things that God will kindly do for you when Jesus Christ returns from heaven.
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 →