Parallel Verses

Amplified


“Then [Lord,] call, and I will answer;
Or let me speak, and then reply to me.

New American Standard Bible

“Then call, and I will answer;
Or let me speak, then reply to me.

King James Version

Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.

Holman Bible

Then call, and I will answer,
or I will speak, and You can respond to me.

International Standard Version

Then call and I'll answer, or let me speak and then you reply to me!"

A Conservative Version

Then call thou, and I will answer, or let me speak, and answer thou me.

American Standard Version

Then call thou, and I will answer; Or let me speak, and answer thou me.

Bible in Basic English

Then at the sound of your voice I will give answer; or let me put forward my cause for you to give me an answer.

Darby Translation

Then call, and I will answer; or I will speak, and answer thou me.

Julia Smith Translation

And call and I will answer, and I shall speak, and turn thou to me.

King James 2000

Then call, and I will answer: or let me speak, and you answer me.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Then call, and I myself will answer; or let me speak, then reply to me.

Modern King James verseion

Then call, and I will answer; or let me speak, and answer You me.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And then send for me to the law, that I may answer for myself: or else, let me speak, and give thou the answer.

NET Bible

Then call, and I will answer, or I will speak, and you respond to me.

New Heart English Bible

Then call, and I will answer; or let me speak, and you answer me.

The Emphasized Bible

Then call thou, and, I, will answer, Or I will speak, and reply thou unto me.

Webster

Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.

World English Bible

Then call, and I will answer; or let me speak, and you answer me.

Youngs Literal Translation

And call Thou, and I -- I answer, Or -- I speak, and answer Thou me.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
קרא 
Qara' 
Usage: 736

thou, and I will answer
ענה 
`anah 
Usage: 329

or let me speak
דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1142

and answer
שׁוּב 
Shuwb 
Usage: 1058

Context Readings

Job Argues His Case With God

21
Withdraw Your hand from me and remove this bodily suffering,
And let not the dread of You terrify me.
22 
“Then [Lord,] call, and I will answer;
Or let me speak, and then reply to me.
23
“How many are my iniquities and sins [that so much sorrow should come to me]?
Make me recognize and understand my transgression and my sin.



Cross References

Job 14:15


“[Then] You will call, and I will answer You;
You will long for [me] the work of Your hands.

Job 9:16


“If I called and He answered me,
I could not believe that He was listening to my voice.

Job 9:32


“For God is not a [mere] man, as I am, that I may answer Him,
That we may go to court and judgment together.

Job 38:3


“Now gird up your loins like a man,
And I will ask you, and you instruct Me!

Job 40:4-5


“Behold, I am of little importance and contemptible; what can I reply to You?
I lay my hand on my mouth.

Job 42:3-6


“[You said to me] ‘Who is this that darkens and obscures counsel [by words] without knowledge?’
Therefore [I now see] I have [rashly] uttered that which I did not understand,
Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.

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