Job 38:3

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Girde vp thy loynes lyke a man: for I wyl question with thee, see thou geue me a direct aunswere.

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  • Job 40:7 : 7 Girde vp thy loynes now lyke a man: I wyll demaunde of thee, and make thou aunswere.
  • 1 Pet 1:13 : 13 Wherfore girde vp the loynes of your mynde, be sober, and trust perfectly on the grace that is brought vnto you, by the reuelation of Iesus Christe:
  • Jer 1:17 : 17 And therfore girde vp thy loynes, arise, and tell them all that I geue thee in commaundement: Feare them not, lest I destroy thee before them.
  • Exod 12:11 : 11 Of this maner shall ye eate it: with your loynes girded, and your shooes on your feete, and your staffe in your hand, and ye shall eate it in haste: for it is the Lordes passouer.
  • 1 Kgs 18:46 : 46 And the hande of the Lorde was on Elias, and he girded vp his loynes, and ranne before Ahab, till he came to Iezrahel.
  • Job 13:15 : 15 Lo, though he slay me, yet wyl I trust in him: but I wyll reproue myne owne wayes in his sight.
  • Job 13:22 : 22 Then call, and I wyll aunswere: or let me speake, and geue me then an aunswere.
  • Job 23:3-7 : 3 O that I might know him, and finde him, and that I might come before his seate: 4 I woulde pleade my cause before hym, and fill my mouth with argumentes: 5 I woulde knowe what aunswere he woulde geue me, and vnderstande what he woulde say vnto me. 6 Will he pleade against me with his great power? No, but he will make me the stronger. 7 There the righteous might dispute with him, so shoulde I be deliuered for euer from my iudge.
  • Job 31:35-37 : 35 O that I had one which woulde heare me: beholde my signe in the whiche the almightie shal aunswere for me, though he that is my contrarie partie hath written a booke against me. 36 Yet will I take it vpon my shoulder, & as a garlande binde it about my head. 37 I will tell hym the number of my goinges, & go vnto him as to a prince.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 40:6-10
    5 verses
    93%

    6 Then aunswered the Lorde vnto Iob out of the whirle winde, and saide:

    7 Girde vp thy loynes now lyke a man: I wyll demaunde of thee, and make thou aunswere.

    8 Wylt thou disanul my iudgement? or wylt thou condempne me, that thou mayst be righteous?

    9 Is thy power then lyke the power of God? maketh thy voyce a sounde as his doth?

    10 Decke thy selfe now with excellencie and maiestie, and araye thy selfe with beautie and glory:

  • Job 38:4-5
    2 verses
    82%

    4 Where wast thou when I layed the foundations of the earth? Tell playnely, if thou hast vnderstanding.

    5 Who hath measured it, knowest thou? or who hath spread the lyne vpon it?

  • 5 If thou canst then geue me aunswere, prepare thy selfe and stande before me face to face.

  • Job 42:3-4
    2 verses
    77%

    3 For who can keepe his owne counsaile so secrete but it shalbe knowen? Therefore haue I spoken that I vnderstoode not, euen the thinges that are to wonderfull for me, and passe myne vnderstanding.

    4 O hearken thou vnto me also, and let me speake: aunswere vnto the thing that I wyll aske thee.

  • Job 38:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1 Then aunswered the Lorde vnto Iob out of the whirle winde, and saide:

    2 What is he that darkeneth his counsaile by wordes without knowledge?

  • 22 Then call, and I wyll aunswere: or let me speake, and geue me then an aunswere.

  • Job 33:31-32
    2 verses
    73%

    31 Marke wel O Iob, and heare me: hold thee still, and I will speake.

    32 But if thou hast any thing to say, then aunswere me, and speake: for I desire to iustifie thee.

  • Job 38:18-21
    4 verses
    73%

    18 Hast thou also perceaued how brode the earth is? If thou hast knowledge of all this:

    19 Then shewe me the way where light dwelleth, & where is the place of darkenesse?

    20 That thou shouldest receaue it in the boundes thereof, and know the pathes to their houses.

    21 Knewest thou afore thou wast borne how olde thou shouldest be?

  • Job 33:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12 Behold, in this hast thou not done right, I wil make aunswere vnto thee, that God is greater then man.

    13 And why doest thou then striue against him? for he shall not geue the accomptes of all his wordes.

  • 32 For he that I must geue aunswere vnto, and with whom I go to the lawe, is not a man as I am:

  • 14 When God will sit in iudgement, what shall I do? & when he will visite me, what aunswere shal I geue him?

  • Job 40:1-3
    3 verses
    73%

    1 Moreouer the Lorde spake vnto Iob, and saide:

    2 Shall he whom the almightie wyl chasten, contend with him? Should not he which disputeth with God, geue him an aunswere?

    3 Then Iob aunswered the Lorde, saying:

  • 17 And therfore girde vp thy loynes, arise, and tell them all that I geue thee in commaundement: Feare them not, lest I destroy thee before them.

  • 15 Thou shalt call me and I shall aunswere thee, despise not thou the worke of thyne owne handes.

  • 3 Neuerthelesse, I talke with the almightie, and my desire is to commune with God.

  • Job 34:33-34
    2 verses
    71%

    33 Wyll he perfourme the thing through thee? for thou hast reproued his iudgement, thou also hast thyne owne minde, and not I: But speake on what thou knowest.

    34 Let men of vnderstanding tell me, and let a wyse man hearken vnto me.

  • Job 15:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

    7 Art thou the first man that euer was borne? or wast thou made before the hils?

    8 Hast thou heard the secret counsell of God? and doest thou restraine wysdome to thee?

  • 3 Doest thou open thyne eyes vpon such one, and bringest me into thy iudgement?

  • 3 Crye vnto me, and I wyll aunswere, and shewe thee great and hye thinges whiche were vnknowen vnto thee.

  • Job 38:33-34
    2 verses
    71%

    33 Knowest thou the course of heauen, that thou mayest set vp the ordinaunce thereof vpon the earth?

    34 Moreouer, canst thou lift vp thy voyce to the cloudes, that they may powre downe a great rayne vpon thee?

  • 3 Shall not vaine wordes come yet to an ende? Or what maketh thee bolde so to aunswere?

  • 5 I woulde knowe what aunswere he woulde geue me, and vnderstande what he woulde say vnto me.

  • 1 Wherefore heare my wordes O Iob, and hearken vnto all that I will say:

  • 13 That thy minde is so pufte vp against God, and lettest such wordes go out of thy mouth?

  • 4 Therefore wyll I geue aunswere vnto thee, aud to thy companions with thee.

  • 1 Then Iob aunswered the Lord, and saide:

  • 3 I wyll open vnto thee yet farre higher knowledge, and wil ascribe righteousnesse vnto my maker.

  • 4 Hast thou fleshy eyes? or doest thou loke as a man loketh?

  • 14 Howe much lesse shall I aunswere him? or howe shoulde I finde out my wordes with him?

  • 1 Iob aunswered, and sayde:

  • 16 If thou nowe haue vnderstanding, heare what I say, and hearken to the voyce of my wordes:

  • 19 What is he that wyll go to lawe with me? if I now holde my tongue I dye.

  • 8 Wyll ye accept the person of him? or wyll ye contende for God?