Job 37:20

Shall it be told him when I speake? or shall man speake when he shalbe destroyed?

Geneva Bible 1599

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

19Tell vs what we shall say vnto him: for we can not dispose our matter because of darknes.

21And nowe men see not the light, which shineth in the cloudes, but the winde passeth and clenseth them.

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Cross References

Job 6:3For it woulde be nowe heauier then the sande of the sea: therefore my wordes are swallowed vp.

Psalms 139:4For there is not a word in my tongue, but loe, thou knowest it wholy, O Lord.

Matthew 12:36But I say vnto you, that of euery idle word that men shall speake, they shall giue account thereof at the day of iudgement.

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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