Catholic Public Domain Version
"Gird your waist like a man. I will question you, and you must answer me. "
— Job 38:3, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.”
“Gird up now thy loins like a man; For I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. ”
“Brace yourself like a man, for I will question you, then you answer me!”
“Get ready for a difficult task like a man; I will question you and you will inform me!”
“Gird up thy loins like a man: I will ask thee, and answer thou me.”
“Get your strength together like a man of war; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.”
“Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.”
But the Lord, responding to Job from a whirlwind, said:
Who is this that wraps sentences in unskilled words?
Gird your waist like a man. I will question you, and you must answer me.
Where were you, when I set the foundations of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.
Who set its measurements, if you know, or who stretched a line over it?
Upon what have its bases been grounded, and who set forth its cornerstone,