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The LORD Challenges Job Again

Job 40:7

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 thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
WEB
“Now brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you will answer me.
ASV
Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
LSV
“Now gird your loins as a man, || I ask you, and you cause Me to know.
YLT
Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.
DBY
Gird up now thy loins like a man: I will demand of thee, and inform thou me.
DRC40:2
Gird up thy loins like a man: I will ask thee, and do thou tell me.
GNV40:2
Girde vp now thy loynes like a man: I will demaunde of thee, and declare thou vnto me.
JPS
Gird up thy loins now like a man; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto Me.
LXXE
Nay, gird up now thy loins like a man; and I will ask thee, and do thou answer me.

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Original-language editions

WLC
אֱזָר־נָ֣א כְגֶ֣בֶר חֲלָצֶ֑יךָ אֶ֝שְׁאָלְךָ֗ וְהוֹדִיעֵֽנִי׃
LXX-Br
Μὴ, ἀλλὰ ζῶσαι ὥσπερ ἀνὴρ τὴν ὀσφύν σου, ἐρωτήσω δέ σε, σὺ δέ μοι ἀπόκριναι.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Job 38:3Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.
  • Job 42:4You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak. I will question you, and you shall inform Me.’
  • Job 23:3–4If 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.
  • Job 13:22Then call me, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You can reply.

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 40:2 in some Bibles
  • 40:7 in most Bibles

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