King James Version
Job 38:3 in the King James Version says “Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. answer: Heb. make me know” — study this verse from Job chapter 38 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. answer: Heb. make me know”
Job 38:3 · KJV
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. answer: Heb. make me know
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. hast: Heb. knowest understanding
Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
KJV Study — Public Domain
'i pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the imperative or future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
“for I will demand”
H7592to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand
“of thee and answer”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
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