Job 38:3

In 11 translations

BSB

Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.Hebrew gird up your loinsCited in Job 42:4

KJV

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

WEB

Brace yourself like a man, for I will question you, then you answer me!

ASV

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

LSV

Now gird your loins as a man, || And I ask you, and you cause Me to know.

YLT

Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, And I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.

DBY

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

DRC

Gird up thy loins like a man: I will ask thee, and answer thou me.

GNV

Girde vp nowe thy loynes like a man: I will demande of thee and declare thou vnto me.

JPS

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

LXXE

Gird thy loins like a man; and I will ask thee, and do thou answer me.

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WLC

אֱזָר־נָ֣א כְגֶ֣בֶר חֲלָצֶ֑יךָ וְ֝אֶשְׁאָלְךָ֗ וְהוֹדִיעֵֽנִי׃

LXX-Br

Ζώσαι ὥσπερ ἀνὴρ τὴν ὀσφύν σου· ἐρωτήσω δέ σε, σὺ δέ μοι ἀποκρίθητι.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Job 40:7“Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.
• Jeremiah 1:17Get yourself ready. Stand up and tell them everything that I command you. Do not be intimidated by them, or I will terrify you before them.
• Exodus 12:11This is how you are to eat it: You must be fully dressed for travel, with your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. You are to eat in haste; it is the LORD’s Passover.
• 1 Kings 18:46And the hand of the LORD came upon Elijah, and he tucked his cloak into his belt and ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.
• 1 Peter 1:13Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
• Job 13:15Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.
• Job 23:3–7If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat. I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments. I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say. Would He contend…
• Job 31:35–37(Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment. Surely I would carry it on my shoulder and wear it like a crown. I would give account of all my…
• Job 13:22Then call me, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You can reply.

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