Job 38:3
Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.In other versions
Gird up now thy loins like a man; For I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
ASV
Get your strength together like a man of war; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.
BBE
Gird up now thy loins like a man; and I will demand of thee, and inform thou me.
DBY
Brace yourself like a man, For I will question you, then you answer me!
WEB
Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, And I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.
YLT
Gird up now your loins like a man; for I will demand of you, and answer you me.
ENG
Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
WBT
Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.
BSB
In context
1Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
2Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
3Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
4Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
5Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?