Devine Scripture

Job 37:20

Job chapter 37 · verse 20 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?

Context

v.19Teach us what we shall say unto him; For we cannot set our speech in order by reason of darkness.

v.20This passage

v.21And now men see not the light which is bright in the skies; But the wind passeth, and cleareth them.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 139:4

    For there is not a word in my tongue, But, lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether.

  • Job 6:3

    For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas: Therefore have my words been rash.

  • Matthew 12:36

    And I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

  • Job 11:7

    Canst thou by searching find out God? Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?