Verse 3

Gird up now your loins like a man; for I will demand of you, and you will answer Me.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Gjør deg klar til strid; jeg vil stille deg spørsmål, og du skal svare meg.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Bind opp om deg som en mann! Jeg vil spørre deg, og du skal svare meg.

• Norsk King James

  Spenn deg for kamp og vis deg som en mann; jeg vil stille deg spørsmål, og du skal svare meg.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Spenn beltet om deg som en mann; jeg vil stille deg spørsmål, og du skal svare meg.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Spenn beltet om livet som en mann; jeg vil spørre deg, og du skal svare meg.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Bind opp om deg som en mann; jeg vil stille deg spørsmål, og du skal svare meg.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Ta på deg livets belte som en mann, for jeg vil stille deg spørsmål, og du skal svare meg.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Bind opp om deg som en mann; jeg vil stille deg spørsmål, og du skal svare meg.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Spenn beltet om livet som en mann. Jeg vil spørre deg, og du skal svare meg.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Prepare yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Job.38.3", "source": "אֱזָר־נָ֣א כְגֶ֣בֶר חֲלָצֶ֑יךָ וְ֝אֶשְׁאָלְךָ֗ וְהוֹדִיעֵֽנִי׃", "text": "*ʾĕzār*-*nāʾ* like-*geber* *ḥălāṣeykā* and-*ʾešʾālkā* and-*hôdîʿēnî*.", "grammar": { "*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" }, "variants": { "*ʾĕzār*": "gird/prepare/strengthen", "*geber*": "man/mighty one/warrior", "*ḥălāṣeykā*": "your loins/hips", "*hôdîʿēnî*": "inform me/make known to me/tell me" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Spenn beltet om livet som en mann, for jeg vil spørre deg, og du skal svare meg.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Bind nu om dine Lænder som en Mand, saa vil jeg spørge dig, og underviis du mig.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Spenn beltet om livet som en mann, for nå vil jeg spørre deg, og du skal svare meg.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Kle deg som en mann; jeg vil stille deg spørsmål, og du skal svare meg!

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Spenn beltet som en mann, så vil jeg spørre deg, og du skal svare meg.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Spenn beltet om livet som en mann; for jeg vil spørre deg, og du skal svare meg.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Gjør deg klar som en kriger; jeg vil stille deg spørsmål, og du skal svare meg.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Gyrde vp thy loynes like a ma, for I will question the, se thou geue me a dyrecte answere.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Girde vp nowe thy loynes like a man: I will demande of thee & declare thou vnto me.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

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

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Brace yourself like a man, For I will question you, then you answer me!

• 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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Get your strength together like a man of war; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Brace yourself like a man, for I will question you, then you answer me!

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Get ready for a difficult task like a man; I will question you and you will inform me!

Referenced Verses

• Job 40:7 : 7 Gird up your loins now like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me.
• 1 Pet 1:13 : 13 Therefore, gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully on the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
• Jer 1:17 : 17 Therefore prepare yourself, and arise, and speak to them all that I command you: do not be dismayed at their faces, lest I confound you before them.
• Exod 12:11 : 11 And thus you shall eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you 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 slays me, yet will I trust in him; but I will defend my own ways before him.
• Job 13:22 : 22 Then call, and I will answer, or let me speak, and you answer 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 present my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments. 5 I would know the words he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me. 6 Will he contend with me in his great power? No; but he would strengthen me. 7 There the righteous might dispute with him, so I would be delivered forever 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 my 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 to Him the number of my steps; like a prince would I approach Him.