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Job 40:7

Job 40:7
Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and,

declare thou unto me,.... And prepare to give an answer to what should be demanded of him. The same way of speaking is used in Job 38:3;…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Gird up thy loins now like a man - An expression taken from the ancient mode of dress. That was a loose, flowing robe, which was secured by a girdle when traveling, or when one entered upon anything…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Gird up thy loins - See Job 38:1-3. Some think that this and the preceding verse have been repeated here from Job 38:1-3, and that several of the words there, here, and Job 42:3, have been repeated,…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 40:6-14

Job was greatly humbled for what God had already said, but not sufficiently; he was brought low, but not low enough; and therefore God here proceeds to reason with him in the same manner and to the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Job 40:6-24

Job 40:6 to Job 42:6. The Lord's Second Answer to Job out of the Storm

Shall Man charge God with unrighteousness in His Rule of the World?

All that the first speech of the Lord touched upon was the…

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