Job 37:20
18 can you, like Him, spread out the skies to reflect the heat like a mirror of bronze?
19 Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot draw up our case when our faces are in darkness.
Should He be told that I want to speak? Would a man ask to be swallowed up ?
21 Now no one can gaze at the sun when it is bright in the skies after the wind has swept them clean.
22 Out of the north He comes in golden splendor; awesome majesty surrounds Him.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Should He be told that I want to speak? Would a man ask to be swallowed up ?
- KJV
- Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.
- WEB
- Will it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?
- ASV
- Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?
- DARBY
- Shall it be told him if I would speak? if a man [so] say, surely he shall be swallowed up.
- BLB
- Should it be told to Him that I would speak, If a man spoke that he would be swallowed up?
- ÅB
- Skal det fortelles ham at jeg vil tale med ham? Har noen sagt at han ønsker sin egen undergang?
- OTB
- Skal det rapporteres til Ham at jeg ville tale?
Eller skal en person si at han ville bli overveldet? - B1930
- Skal det fortelles ham at jeg vil tale med ham? Har nogen sagt at han ønsker sin egen undergang?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 12:36–37
But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.
Read in contextJob 11:7–8
Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?
Read in contextJob 6:3
For then it would outweigh the sand of the seas— no wonder my words have been rash.
Read in contextPsalms 139:4
Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.
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