Parallel Verses
Webster
Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
Holman Bible
when I question
International Standard Version
Stand up like a man! I'll ask you some questions, and you give me some answers!"
A Conservative Version
Gird up now thy loins like a man, for I will demand of thee, and declare thou to me.
American Standard Version
Gird up now thy loins like a man; For I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
Amplified
“Now
And I will ask you, and you instruct Me!
Bible in Basic English
Get your strength together like a man of war; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.
Darby Translation
Gird up now thy loins like a man; and I will demand of thee, and inform thou me.
Julia Smith Translation
Gird now thy loins as a man; and I will ask thee, and make thou known to me.
King James 2000
Gird up now your loins like a man; for I will demand of you, and you answer me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
{Prepare yourself for a difficult task like a man}, and I will question you, and you shall declare to me.
Modern King James verseion
Now gird up your loins like a man; for I will ask of you, and you teach Me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Gird up thy loins like a man, for I will question thee, see thou give me a direct answer.
NET Bible
Get ready for a difficult task like a man; I will question you and you will inform me!
New Heart English Bible
Brace yourself like a man, for I will question you, then you answer me.
The Emphasized Bible
Gird, I pray thee - like a strong man - thy loins, that I may ask thee, and inform thou me:
World English Bible
Brace yourself like a man, for I will question you, then you answer me!
Youngs Literal Translation
Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, And I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.
Interlinear
Sha'al
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 38:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh Challenges Job
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. 4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
Names
Cross References
Job 40:7
Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou to me.
1 Kings 18:46
And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
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.
Job 13:15
Though he shall slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain my own ways before him.
Job 13:22
Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.
Job 23:3-7
Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
Job 31:35-37
Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that my adversary had written a book.
Jeremiah 1:17
Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak to them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.
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 to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;