Job 37:19

In 11 translations

BSB

Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot draw up our case when our faces are in darkness.

KJV

Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.

WEB

Teach us what we will tell him, for we can’t make our case by reason of darkness.

ASV

Teach us what we shall say unto him; For we cannot set our speech in order by reason of darkness.

LSV

Let us know what we say to Him, || We do not set in array because of darkness.

YLT

Let us know what we say to Him, We set not in array because of darkness.

DBY

Teach us what we shall say unto him! We cannot order [our words] by reason of darkness.

DRC

Shew us what we may say to him: for we are wrapped up in darkness.

GNV

Tell vs what we shall say vnto him: for we can not dispose our matter because of darknes.

JPS

Teach us what we shall say unto Him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.

LXXE

Wherefore teach me, what shall we say to him? and let us cease from saying much.

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WLC

ה֭וֹדִיעֵנוּ מַה־נֹּ֣אמַר ל֑וֹ לֹ֥א־נַ֝עֲרֹ֗ךְ מִפְּנֵי־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.

LXX-Br

Διατὶ δίδαξόν με, τί ἐροῦμεν αὐτῷ; καὶ παυσώμεθα πολλὰ λέγοντες.

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• Psalms 139:6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
• Job 38:2“Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?
• Proverbs 30:2–4Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man. I have not learned wisdom, and I have no knowledge of the Holy One. Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in…
• Psalms 73:22I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.
• Job 26:14Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the whisper we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His power?”
• 1 Corinthians 13:12Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
• Job 13:3Yet I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God.
• Job 28:20–21From where then does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell? It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air.
• Psalms 73:16–17When I tried to understand all this, it was troublesome in my sight until I entered God’s sanctuary; then I discerned their end.
• 1 John 3:2Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.
• Job 13:6Hear now my argument, and listen to the plea of my lips.
• Job 42:3You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.
• Job 12:3But I also have a mind; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?

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