Job 38:3
Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
King James Version
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
1 Kings 18:46And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
Job 13:22Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.
Job 23:3Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
Job 40:2Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
Job 42:4Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
1 Peter 1:13Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation 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 →