Job 38:3 · KJV
“Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. {answer...: Heb. make me know}”
— Job 38:3
Who {is} this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. {hast...: Heb. knowest understanding}
Job 38 — Context
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
2Who {is} this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
3Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. {answer...: Heb. make me know}
4Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. {hast...: Heb. knowest understanding}
5Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
Cross References
Job 40:7
Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
Jeremiah 1:17
Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them. {confound: or, break to pieces}
Exodus 12:11
And thus shall ye eat it; {with} your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it {is} the LORD'S passover.
1 Peter 1:13
Wherefore 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; {to the end: Gr. perfectly}
1 Kings 18:46
And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel. {to the...: Heb. till thou come to Jezreel}
Job 13:22
Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.
Job 31:35-37
Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire {is, that} the Almighty would answer me, and {that} mine adversary had written a book. {my...: or, my sign is that the Almighty will}
Job 13:15
Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him. {maintain: Heb. prove, or, argue}