Job 37:20

Shall it be declared to him—that I would speak? Were any man to say aught, he might he destroyed?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 shall say to him, We cannot set in order, by reason of darkness.

21Yet, now, men see not the light, bright though it is in the skies, when, a wind, hath passed over, and cleansed them.

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Cross References

Job 6:3For, now, beyond the sand of the seas, would it be heavy, On this account, my words, have wandered.

Psalms 139:4Surely there hath not been a word on my tongue, [but] behold! O Yahweh, thou hast observed it on every side.

Matthew 12:36But I say unto you, That, every useless expression that men shall utter, they shall render, concerning it, an account, in a 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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