NET Bible
"Get ready for a difficult task like a man; I will question you and you will inform me!"
— Job 38:3, NET Bible
“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!”
“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.”
VI. The Divine Speeches(38:1-42:6)The Lord’s First Speech Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind:
“Who is this who darkens counsel with words without knowledge?
Get ready for a difficult task like a man; I will question you and you will inform me!
God’s questions to Job“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you possess understanding!
Who set its measurements– if you know– or who stretched a measuring line across it?
On what were its bases set, or who laid its cornerstone–