Job 38:3
“Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gird up now thy loins like a man,.... Like a man of valour that girds on his harness for battle: Job is bid to prepare…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Gird up now thy loins like a man - To gird up the loins, is a phrase which has allusion to the mode of dress in ancient…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Gird up now thy loins - I will not confound thee with my terrors; dismiss all fearful apprehensions from thy mind; now…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Job 38:1-3
Let us observe here, 1. Who speaks - The Lord, Jehovah, not a created angel, but the eternal Word himself, the second…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
for I will demand Rather, and I will. Jehovah now invites Job to prepare for that contention with Him which he had so…
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