Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
Make known to us what we shall say to him we shall not set in order from the face of darkness.
New American Standard Bible
We
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?
A Conservative Version
Teach us what we shall say to him. We cannot set in array because of 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.
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.
Topics
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 37:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elihu Extols God's Majesty
18 Wilt thou spread out with him to the clouds, strong as the sight of a melted mass? 19 Make known to us what we shall say to him we shall not set in order from the face of darkness. 20 Shall it be recounted to him that I shall speak? If a man spake, then shall he be swallowed down.
Names
Cross References
Job 12:3
Also to me a heart like you; I fall not more than you: and with whom not like these?
Job 13:3
But I will speak to the Almighty; I shall delight to plead before God.
Job 13:6
Hear now my proof, and attend. to the pleadings of my lips.
Job 26:14
Behold these the ends of his ways; how transient a sound of the word was heard in him! and the thunder of his might who shall understand?
Job 28:20-21
And from whence shall wisdom come? and where this place of understanding?
Job 38:2
Who this darkening counsel in words without knowledge?
Job 42:3
Who this hiding counsel without knowledge? for this, I announced, and I shall not understand; wonders above me, and I shall not know.
Psalm 73:16-17
And I shall think to know this, it is labor in mine eyes.
Psalm 73:22
And I stupid, and I shall not know, and I was a beast with thee.
Psalm 139:6
Knowledge being wonderful from me; being high, I shall not be able for it
Proverbs 30:2-4
For I am brutish more than man, and not the understanding of a man to me.
1 Corinthians 13:12
For now we see by a mirror in an enigma; then face to face: now I know by parts; and then shall I know as I was known.
1 John 3:2
Dearly beloved, now are we the children of God, and it has not yet been manifested what we shall be: and we know that, if he be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.