Job 38:3

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.

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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 gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for 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 their faces, lest I confound 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 the LORD'S passover.
  • 1 Kgs 18:46 : 46 And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
  • Job 13:15 : 15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own 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 order my cause 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 Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me. 7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
  • Job 31:35-37 : 35 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book. 36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me. 37 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.

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    6Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

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