Job 37:20
Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.
In Context
19Teach us what we shall say to him. We cannot set in array because of darkness.
21And now men do not see the light which is bright in the skies, but the wind passes, and clears them.
Cross References
Job 6:3For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas. Therefore my words have been rash.
Psalms 139:4For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou know it altogether.
Matthew 12:36But I say to you, that every idle word, whatever men may speak, they will render account about it in the day of judgment.
Matthew Henry on Job 37:15-21
14 Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God. 15 Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine? 16 Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge? 17 How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind? 18 Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass? 19 Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason… Read the whole commentary →