Job 38:3
Gird, I pray thee—like a strong man—thy loins, that I may ask thee, and inform thou me:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 it that darkeneth counsel, by words, without knowledge?
4Where wast thou, when I founded the earth? Tell, if thou knowest understanding!
Cross References
1 Kings 18:46but, the hand of Yahweh, came upon Elijah, so he girded his loins,—and ran before Ahab, until thou enterest Jezreel.
Job 13:22Then call thou, and, I, will answer, Or I will speak, and reply thou unto me.
Job 23:3Oh that I knew where I might find him! I would come even unto his dwelling-place;
Job 40:2Shall a reprover contend, with the Almighty? He that disputeth with GOD, let him answer it!
Job 42:4Hear thou, I pray thee, and, I, will speak, I will ask thee, and inform thou me.
1 Peter 1:13Wherefore, girding up the loins of your mind, keeping sober, perseveringly direct your hope unto the favour, being borne along to you, in the revealing 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 →