Job 37:20

In 11 translations

BSB

Should He be told that I want to speak? Would a man ask to be swallowed up?Or speak without being swallowed up

KJV

Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.

WEB

Will it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?

ASV

Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?

LSV

Is it declared to Him that I speak? If a man has spoken, surely he is swallowed up.

YLT

Is it declared to Him that I speak? If a man hath spoken, surely he is swallowed up.

DBY

Shall it be told him if I would speak? if a man [so] say, surely he shall be swallowed up.

DRC

Who shall tell him the things I speak? even if a man shall speak, he shall be swallowed up.

GNV

Shall it be told him when I speake? or shall man speake when he shalbe destroyed?

JPS

Shall it be told Him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?

LXXE

Have I a book or a scribe by me, that I may stand and put man to silence?

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WLC

הַֽיְסֻפַּר־ל֭וֹ כִּ֣י אֲדַבֵּ֑ר אִֽם־אָ֥מַר אִ֝֗ישׁ כִּ֣י יְבֻלָּֽע׃We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.

LXX-Br

Μὴ βίβλος ἢ γραμματεύς μοι παρέστηκεν, ἵνα ἄνθρωπον ἑστηκὼς κατασιωπήσω;

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• Matthew 12:36–37But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”
• Psalms 139:4Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.
• Job 6:3For then it would outweigh the sand of the seas— no wonder my words have been rash.
• Job 11:7–8Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty? They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?

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