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Job 37:20
Will it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?
Job 37:20 · World English Bible
Job 37:20 in other translations
Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.
Should He be told that I want to speak? Would a man ask to be swallowed up ?
Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?
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In context
17 You whose clothing is warm when the earth is still by reason of the south wind?
18 Can you, with him, spread out the sky, which is strong as a cast metal mirror?
19 Teach us what we will tell him, for we can’t make our case by reason of darkness.
20 Will it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?
21 Now men don’t see the light which is bright in the skies, but the wind passes, and clears them.
22 Out of the north comes golden splendor. With God is awesome majesty.
23 We can’t reach the Almighty. He is exalted in power. In justice and great righteousness, he will not oppress.
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