Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Teach us what we shall say to him. We cannot set in array because of darkness.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.
Holman Bible
we cannot prepare our case because of our darkness.
International Standard Version
Tell us! What are we to say to him? Can we prepare our case to face him when our faces are in darkness?
American Standard Version
Teach us what we shall say unto him; For we cannot set our speech in order by reason of darkness.
Amplified
“Tell us [Job] what words [of man] shall we say to such a Being;
We cannot state our case because of darkness [that is, our ignorance in the presence of the unsearchable God].
Bible in Basic English
Make clear to me what we are to say to him; we are unable to put our cause before him, because of the dark.
Darby Translation
Teach us what we shall say unto him! We cannot order our words by reason of darkness.
Julia Smith Translation
Make known to us what we shall say to him we shall not set in order from the face of darkness.
King James 2000
Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech because of darkness.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Teach us what we should say to him; we cannot draw up our case because of [the] presence of darkness.
Modern King James verseion
Teach us what we shall say to Him; for because of darkness we cannot arrange our case.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Teach us what we shall say unto him, for we are unmete because of darkness.
NET Bible
Tell us what we should say to him. We cannot prepare a case because of the darkness.
New Heart English Bible
Teach us what we shall tell him, for we can't make our case by reason of darkness.
The Emphasized Bible
Let us know what we shall say to him, We cannot set in order, by reason of darkness.
Webster
Teach us what we shall say to him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.
World English Bible
Teach us what we shall tell him, for we can't make our case by reason of darkness.
Youngs Literal Translation
Let us know what we say to Him, We set not in array because of darkness.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 37:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elihu Extols God's Majesty
18 Can thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong as a molten mirror? 19 Teach us what we shall say to him. We cannot set in array because of darkness. 20 Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?
Names
Cross References
Job 12:3
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Yes, who does not know such things as these?
Job 13:3
Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
Job 13:6
Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
Job 26:14
Lo, these are but the periphery of his ways. And how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?
Job 28:20-21
Where then does wisdom come from? And where is the place of understanding?
Job 38:2
Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
Job 42:3
Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have uttered that which I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
Psalm 73:16-17
When I thought how I might understand this, it was too painful for me,
Psalm 73:22
So I was brutish, and ignorant. I was a beast before thee.
Psalm 139:6
[Such] knowledge is too wonderful for me. It is high, I cannot attain to it.
Proverbs 30:2-4
Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man,
1 Corinthians 13:12
For now we see by polished metal, in dimness, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know just as also I was known.
1 John 3:2
Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet made known what we will be. But we know that whenever he is made known we will be like him, because we will see him as he is.