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Job 38:3

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

Gird up now thy loins like a man,.... Like a man of valour that girds on his harness for battle: Job is bid to prepare for the controversy the Lord was entering into with him; and bring forth his strong reasons and most powerful arguments in his own defence.

The allusion is to the custom in the eastern countries, where they wore long garments, to gird them about their loins, when they engaged in work or war.

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