Job 38:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֱזָר־נָ֣א כְגֶ֣בֶר חֲלָצֶ֑יךָ וְ֝אֶשְׁאָלְךָ֗ וְהוֹדִיעֵֽנִי׃

Transliteration

ʾĕzār-nāʾ like-geber ḥălāṣeykā and-ʾešʾālkā and-hôdîʿēnî.

Grammar Details

*ʾĕzār*: qal imperative, masculine singular - gird/prepare
*nāʾ*: particle of entreaty - please/now
*kə-*: preposition - like/as
*geber*: noun, masculine singular - man/warrior/strong man
*ḥălāṣeykā*: noun, masculine dual construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your loins
*wə-*: conjunction - and
*ʾešʾālkā*: qal imperfect, 1st singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - I will ask you
*hôdîʿēnî*: hiphil imperative, masculine singular with 1st singular suffix - cause me to know/inform me

Word Meanings

*ʾĕzār*: gird/prepare/strengthen
*geber*: man/mighty one/warrior
*ḥălāṣeykā*: your loins/hips
*hôdîʿēnî*: inform me/make known to me/tell me

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Job 40:7 : 7 Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
1 Pet 1:13 : 13 Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
Jer 1:17 : 17 Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at them, lest I dismay thee before them.
Exod 12:11 : 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 Jehovah's passover.
1 Kgs 18:46 : 46 and the hand of Jehovah was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
Job 13:15 : 15 Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope: Nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him.
Job 13:22 : 22 Then call thou, and I will answer; Or let me speak, and answer thou me.
Job 23:3-7 : 3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat! 4 I would set my cause in order before him, And fill my mouth with arguments. 5 I would know the words which he would answer me, And understand what he would say unto me. 6 Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me. 7 There the upright might reason with him; So should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
Job 31:35-37 : 35 Oh that I had one to hear me! (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me); And [that I had] the indictment which mine adversary hath written! 36 Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown: 37 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; As a prince would I go near unto him.

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