Job 37:20

Is it declared to Him that I speak? If a man has spoken, surely he is swallowed up.

Literal Standard 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

19Let us know what we say to Him, || We do not set in array because of darkness.

21And now, they have not seen the light, || It [is] bright in the clouds, || And the wind has passed by and cleanses them.

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Cross References

Job 6:3For now it is heavier than the sands of the sea, || Therefore my words have been rash.

Psalms 139:4For there is not a word in my tongue, || Behold, O YHWH, You have known it all!

Matthew 12:36And I say to you that every idle word that men may speak, they will give for it a reckoning 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 →

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