Job 37:19
Shew us what we may say to him : for we are wrapped up in darkness.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.
In Context
18Thou perhaps hast made the heavens with him, which are most strong, as if they were of molten brass.
20Who shall tell him the things I speak? even if a man shall speak, he shall be swallowed up.
Cross References
Job 12:3I also have a heart as well as you: for who is ignorant of these things, which you know?
Job 13:6Hear ye therefore my reproof, and attend to the judgment of my lips.
Job 28:20Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
Job 40:4And hast thou an arm like God, and canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
Psalms 73:16I studied that I might know this thing, it is a labour in my sight:
Psalms 139:6For the Lord is high, and looketh on the low: and the high he knoweth afar off.
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 →