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Job 38:3

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Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.

Gird up {H247} now thy loins {H2504} like a man {H1397}; for I will demand {H7592} of thee, and answer {H3045} thou me.

Stand up like a man, and brace yourself; I will ask questions; and you, give the answers!

Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.

Gird up now thy loins like a man; For I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

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Cross-References

  • Job 40:7 (7 votes)

    Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

  • Exodus 12:11 (4 votes)

    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 (4 votes)

    ¶ 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;

  • Jeremiah 1:17 (4 votes)

    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.

  • 1 Kings 18:46 (3 votes)

    And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

  • Job 13:15 (2 votes)

    Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.

  • Job 23:3 (2 votes)

    Oh that I knew where I might find him! [that] I might come [even] to his seat!