Job 38:3
Now gird up your loins like a man 1 for I will ask you questions, and you must answer me. 1
Unlocked Literal 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
2“Who is this who brings darkness to plans 1 by means of words without knowledge? 1
4Where were you when I laid the earth's foundations? 1 Tell me, if you have so much understanding. 1
Cross References
1 Kings 18:46but the hand of Yahweh was on Elijah. He tucked his robe in his belt and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
Job 13:22Then call me, and I will answer; 1 or let me speak to you, and you answer me. 1
Job 23:3Oh, that I knew where I might find him! 1 Oh, that I might come to his place! 1
Job 40:2“Should anyone who wishes to criticize try to correct the Almighty? 1 He who argues with God, let him answer.”
Job 42:4You said to me, 'Listen, now, and I will speak; 1 I will ask you things, and you will tell me.' 1
1 Peter 1:13So gird up the loins of your mind. Be sober. Put your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed.
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 →