Tree of Life Version
Job 37:19
19Teach us what to say to Him; we cannot prepare a case because of the darkness.
Job 37:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.
- New International Version (NIV)“Tell us what we should say to him; we cannot draw up our case because of our darkness.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Teach us what we shall say to him; we cannot draw up our case because of darkness.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Teach us what we should say to Him, For we can prepare nothing because of the darkness.
Context of Job 37:19
17“You, whose clothes are hot, when the earth is still, because of the south wind, 18can you, with Him, stretch out the skies, strong as a mirror of molten metal? Teach us what to say to Him; we cannot prepare a case because of the darkness. 20Should He be informed that I want to speak? If a man speaks, would he be swallowed up? 21But now, they do not see the light, bright as it is in the skies, until the wind has passed and cleared the clouds away.
Read all of Job 37Job 37:19 word by word
ה֭וֹדִיעֵנוּ מַה־נֹּ֣אמַר ל֑וֹ לֹ֥א־נַ֝עֲרֹ֗ךְ מִפְּנֵי־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 37:19
- Job 12:3But I have a mind as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know these things?
- Job 13:3Still, I desire to speak to Shaddai and to argue my case with God.
- Job 26:14Indeed, these are but glimpses of His ways; how faint the whisper, we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His might?”
- Job 28:20Where then does wisdom come from? Where is the place of understanding?
- Job 38:2“Who is this, who darkens counsel with words without knowledge?
- Job 42:3You ask, ‘Who is this, who darkens counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke without understanding, things too wonderful for me which I did not know.
- Psalms 73:16But when I tried to make sense of this, it was troubling in my eyes—
- Psalms 139:6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
- Proverbs 30:2“Surely I am more stupid than any man and do not have a man’s understanding.
- 1 Corinthians 13:12For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known.
- 1 John 3:2Loved ones, now we are God’s children; and it has not yet been revealed what we will be. But we do know that when it’s revealed, we shall be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is.
Commentaries on Job 37:19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19Teach us what we shall say unto him? - Thou pretendest to be so very wise, and to know every thing about God, pray make us as wise as thyself, that we may be able to approach with thy boldness the Sovereign of the world; and maintain our cause with thy confidence before him. As for our parts, we are ignorant; and, on all these subjects, are enveloped with darkness. Mr. Good translates: - "Teach us how we may address him, When arrayed in robes of…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19Teach us what we shall say unto him - This seems to be addressed to Job. It is the language of Elihu, implying that he was overawed with a sense of the majesty and glory of such a God. He knew not in what manner, or with what words to approach such a Being, and he asks Job to inform him, if he knew. We cannot order our speech by reason of darkness - Job had repeatedly professed a desire to bring his cause directly before God, and to argue it in his…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-20Verses 14-20 Due thoughts of the works of God will help to reconcile us to all his providences. As God has a powerful, freezing north wind, so he has a thawing, composing south wind: the Spirit is compared to both, because he both convinces and comforts, So 4:16. The best of men are much in the dark concerning the glorious perfections of the Divine nature and the Divine government. Those who, through grace, know much of God, know nothing, in comparison…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. Men cannot explain God's wonders; we ought, therefore, to be dumb and not contend with God. If Job thinks we ought, "let him teach us, what we shall say." order--frame. darkness--of mind; ignorance. "The eyes are bewilderingly blinded, when turned in bold controversy with God towards the sunny heavens" (Job 37:18) [Umbreit].Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 37
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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