Job 38:3
Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
KJV
Accinge sicut vir lumbos tuos : interrogabo te, et responde mihi.
Vulgate
ζῶσαι ὥσπερ ἀνὴρ τὴν ὀσφύν σου, ἐρωτήσω δέ, σὺ δέ μοι ἀποκρίθητι.
LXX
Gird up now thy loins like a man; For I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
ASV
אֱזָר נָ֣א כְ/גֶ֣בֶר חֲלָצֶ֑י/ךָ וְ֝/אֶשְׁאָלְ/ךָ֗ וְ/הוֹדִיעֵֽ/נִי
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
גֶ֣בֶר
gbr
noun · 65×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
יִּשְׁאַ֤ל
ysh'l
verb · 176×
ךָ
k
noun · 11×
נִי
ny
verb · 16×
נָ֣א
n'
particle · 403×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 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.
- 1Pet 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;
- 1Pet 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;
- Exod 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.
- Isa 41:1 — Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.
- Jer 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.
- Jer 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.
- Job 40:7 — Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
- Job 40:7 — Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
- Job 42:4 — Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
- Prov 31:17 — She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.