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