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Alrighty then... 
KJV: "Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me."
NKJV: "Now prepare yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer Me."
An example of how KJV is difficult to understand for the modern reader.
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Maybe just to the modern man... who doesn't wear a kilt or those robes worn in the Middle East or Africa.
(Yes, I have a thing for men in kilts. Especially if they have long hair and speak Scottish )
I do wonder though, about the girding, if a common tactic was to yank upwards at the cloth and make your enemy fall over in pain
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This comment prompted me to check out the parallel from The Message. So, here's "gird up your loins..." MSG version: "Pull yourself together, Job!
Up on your feet! Stand tall!
I have some questions for you,
and I want some straight answers." (Job 38:3 MSG)
Hi,
math ma ya tighinn thairis air an seo chi thu a donn a ghalad agus gille no dha ann an eideadh.
well if ya come over here youll see a bonny lass and a lad or two in dress.
We have many Scottish people here in the south isl and with in our Scottish soc s, and yes I'm one of them ,
our name of Loch-head means head of the loch. from Killmarnoch Scotland .
...noeleena...
math ma ya tighinn thairis air an seo chi thu a donn a ghalad agus gille no dha ann an eideadh.
well if ya come over here youll see a bonny lass and a lad or two in dress.
We have many Scottish people here in the south isl and with in our Scottish soc s, and yes I'm one of them ,
our name of Loch-head means head of the loch. from Killmarnoch Scotland .
...noeleena...