Parallel Verses
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.
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.
Topics
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 37:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elihu Extols God's Majesty
18
Have you, like him, spread out the skies, strong as a cast metal mirror?
19
We
Names
Cross References
Job 12:3
I have a mind as well as you! I am not inferior to you! Who does not know all these things?
Job 13:3
But I want to speak to the Almighty and to argue my case with God.
Job 13:6
Hear my argument. Listen to the plea of my lips.
Job 26:14
These are indeed but the outskirts of his ways. How small a whisper do we hear from him! But who can understand the thunder of his power?
Job 28:20-21
Where does wisdom come from? Where does understanding live?
Job 38:2
Who is this that conceals (hides) counsel using words without knowledge?
Job 42:3
You asked: 'Who is this that obscures my counsel without knowledge? Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.'
Psalm 73:16-17
When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me.
Psalm 73:22
I was so foolish and ignorant: I was like a beast before you.
Psalm 139:6
Knowing this is too wonderful for me! It is too high, I cannot attain to it.
Proverbs 30:2-4
Surely I am more stupid then any man, and do not have the understanding of a man.
1 Corinthians 13:12
For now we see in a mirror dimly, and then we will see face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known.
1 John 3:2
Beloved, now we are children of God. It is not yet revealed what we will be. We know that when he is revealed we will be like him. We will see him just as he is.