Gird up now thy loins like a man; For I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.
Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, And I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.
Gird up now thy loins like a man; and I will demand of thee, and inform thou me.
Job — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
J O B CHAP. XXXVIII. In most disputes the strife is who shall have the last word. Job's friends had, in this controversy, tamely yielded it to Job, and then he to Elihu. But, after all the wranglings of the counsel at bar, the judge upon the bench must have…