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Job 38:3
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Job 38:3
3Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
3Gird vp nowe thy loines like a man; for I will demaund of thee, and †answere thou me.
- Heb. make me know.
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 38:3
To fasten around the body with a belt or girdle; figuratively, to equip or prepare.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Similar or of the same kind; in the same manner; likely; or, as a verb, to please.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To question authoritatively and require an answer.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
A reply or response; as a verb, to reply, respond, or give account.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study7Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
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Open the full verse study11¶ And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the Lord’s passover.
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Open the full verse study17¶ Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.
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Open the full verse study46And the hand of the Lord was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
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Open the full verse study13Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
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Open the full verse study15Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
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Open the full verse study22Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.
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Open the full verse study3Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
4I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
5I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
6Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
7There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
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Open the full verse study35Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
36Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
37I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
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