Job 37:20
What does Job 37:20 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 37:20 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?
KJV
King James Version · 1611Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949How may he have knowledge of my desire for talk with him? or did any man ever say, May destruction come on me?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Is it declared to Him that I speak? If a man hath spoken, surely he is swallowed up.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Who shall tell him the things I speak? even if a man shall speak, he shall be swallowed up.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Shall it be told him if I would speak? if a man [so] say, surely he shall be swallowed up.
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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?
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