NASB
""Now gird up your loins like a man, And I will ask you, and you instruct Me!"
— Job 38:3, NASB
“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.”
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
"Who is this that darkens counsel By words without knowledge?
"Now gird up your loins like a man, And I will ask you, and you instruct Me!
"Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding,
Who set its measurements? Since you know. Or who stretched the line on it?
"On what were its bases sunk? Or who laid its cornerstone,