The Meaning of Job 40:7 Explained

Job 40:7

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

YLT: Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.

Darby: Gird up now thy loins like a man: I will demand of thee, and inform thou me.

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

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 40:7?

MEANING: What does Job 40:7 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 40:7 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 40:7?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Job 40:7 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 40:1-24 - "hast Thou An Arm Like God?"
God seemed to await Job's reply to His questions. Job had protested that he would fill his mouth with arguments, but none was forthcoming. That vision of God had robbed him of self-reliance. He could only humbly acknowledge that he had uttered words enough. He must be led to the further confession, which will come presently, that he had sinned. Compare Job 42:6.
It was as though the Omniscient Eye still saw in Job some trust in himself; God therefore summoned him to array himself in his utmost glory and majesty and to argue his case further. But how impotent man is at the best!
The truth is driven home by a magnificent description of the hippopotamus, to whom the strongest and biggest of man's creations are child's play. If you cannot prevail against His creatures, how can you stand against the Creator? But if that Creator is your Father, how safe you are! [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 40

1  Job humbles himself to God
6  God stirs him up to show his righteousness, power, and wisdom
16  Of the behemoth

What do the individual words in Job 40:7 mean?

prepare now like a man yourself I will question you and you shall answer Me
אֱזָר־ נָ֣א כְגֶ֣בֶר חֲלָצֶ֑יךָ אֶ֝שְׁאָלְךָ֗ וְהוֹדִיעֵֽנִי

אֱזָר־  prepare 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: אָזַר  
Sense: gird, encompass, equip, clothe.
נָ֣א  now 
Parse: Interjection
Root: נָא  
Sense: I (we) pray, now, please.
כְגֶ֣בֶר  like  a  man 
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, masculine singular
Root: גֶּבֶר  
Sense: man, strong man, warrior (emphasising strength or ability to fight).
חֲלָצֶ֑יךָ  yourself 
Parse: Noun, mdc, second person masculine singular
Root: חֲלָצַיִם  
Sense: loins.
אֶ֝שְׁאָלְךָ֗  I  will  question  you 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common singular, second person masculine singular
Root: שָׁאַל 
Sense: to ask, enquire, borrow, beg.
וְהוֹדִיעֵֽנִי  and  you  shall  answer  Me 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Imperative, masculine singular, first person common singular
Root: דָּעָה 
Sense: to know.

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