Job 37:20
Should God be told that I want to speak? Anyone who wanted to would be destroyed!
Free Bible 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
19So why don't you teach us what to tell God? We cannot make our case because we are in the dark!
Cross References
Job 6:3they would be heavier than the sand of the sea. That's why I spoke so rashly.
Psalms 139:4Lord, you even know what I'm going to say before I say it.
Matthew 12:36I tell you, people will have to account for every careless thing they say on 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 →