Job 38:3

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, And I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 40:7 : 7 Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.
  • 1 Pet 1:13 : 13 Wherefore having girded up the loins of your mind, being sober, hope perfectly upon the grace that is being brought to you in the revelation of Jesus Christ,
  • Jer 1:17 : 17 `And thou, thou dost gird up thy loins, and hast arisen, and spoken unto them all that I command thee: be not affrighted because of them, lest I affright thee before them.
  • Exod 12:11 : 11 `And thus ye do eat it: your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand, and ye have eaten it in haste; it is Jehovah's passover,
  • 1 Kgs 18:46 : 46 and the hand of Jehovah hath been on Elijah, and he girdeth up his loins, and runneth before Ahab, till thine entering Jezreel.
  • Job 13:15 : 15 Lo, He doth slay me -- I wait not! Only, my ways unto His face I argue.
  • Job 13:22 : 22 And call Thou, and I -- I answer, Or -- I speak, and answer Thou me.
  • Job 23:3-7 : 3 O that I had known -- and I find Him, I come in unto His seat, 4 I arrange before Him the cause, And my mouth fill `with' arguments. 5 I know the words He doth answer me, And understand what He saith to me. 6 In the abundance of power doth He strive with me? No! surely He putteth `it' in me. 7 There the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge.
  • Job 31:35-37 : 35 Who giveth to me a hearing? lo, my mark. The Mighty One doth answer me, And a bill hath mine adversary written. 36 If not -- on my shoulder I take it up, I bind it a crown on myself. 37 The number of my steps I tell Him, As a leader I approach Him.

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