"Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me." The above passage from Job 38:3 is just one of several references in the Bible to "girding up one's loins" -- a directive that may have made sense to an ancient audience but which eludes us today. The simple reason for misunderstanding is fashion. Men and women in the Biblical era typically wore tunics, which would have understandably gotten in the way whenever a man needed to run, fight or perform hard labor -- a...
How To 'Gird Up Your Loins' In The Most Biblical Sense: An Artist's Interpretation
The Huffington Post - 6 Oct 2014 22:11
"Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me." The above passage from Job 38:3 is just one of several references in the Bible to "girding up one's loins" -- a directive that may have made sense to an ancient audience but which eludes us today. The simple reason for misunderstanding is fashion. Men and women in the Biblical era typically wore tunics, which would have understandably gotten in the way whenever a man needed to run, fight or perform hard labor -- a...
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