Job 38:3
Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 38 connects to 10 cross-references. God speaks from the whirlwind in the first divine speech, challenging Job with a series of cosmic questions: Where was Job when God laid the foundation of the earth? Who shut in the sea when it burst from the womb? …
Other Translations
Gird up now thy loins like a man; For I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, And I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.
Get your strength together like a man of war; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.
Cross References
And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your …
And the hand of the Lord was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to …
Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary …
There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.
Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed …