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Job 40:7

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Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
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  1. Job 38:3Rank 1 from verse 7
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    3Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.

  2. Job 42:4Rank 2 from verse 7
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    4Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

  3. Job 23:3–4Rank 3 from verse 7
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    3Oh 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.

  4. Job 13:22Rank 4 from verse 7
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    22Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.

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Job 40:7

COMBINED MEANING

gird

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1. To fasten clothing or another object around the body. 2. By extension, to prepare or make ready for action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

like

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Sense 1: Similar or of the same kind; in the same manner; likely. Sense 2: A like person or thing; an equal or counterpart. Sense 3: To please, choose, or regard with favour.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

demand

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Sense 1: To ask or question authoritatively, requiring an answer. Sense 2: As a noun, an authoritative request or requirement.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

declare

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To make known, tell, announce, proclaim, explain, show, or state plainly.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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6¶ Then answered the Lord unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

7Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

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8Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

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