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Job 38:3

Humility

1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:

2 “Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?

Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.

4 Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.

5 Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it?

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BSB
Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.
KJV
Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
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.
DARBY
Gird up now thy loins like a man; and I will demand of thee, and inform thou me.
BLB
Gird up your loins now like a man, and I will question you, and you shall answer Me.
ÅB
Nuvel, omgjord dine lender som en mann! Så vil jeg spørre deg, og du skal lære meg.
OTB
Spenn beltet om livet som en mann;
jeg vil spørre deg, og du skal svare meg.
B1930
Nuvel, omgjord dine lender som en mann! Så vil jeg spørre dig, og du skal lære mig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Job 40:7

    “Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.

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  • Jeremiah 1:17

    Get 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.

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  • Exodus 12:11

    This 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.

    Read in context

  • 1 Kings 18:46

    And 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.

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  • 1 Peter 1:13

    Therefore 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.

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  • Job 13:22

    Then call me, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You can reply.

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  • 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.

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  • Job 23:3–7

    If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.

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