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Job 37:20 KJV
Job · chapter 37 · verse 20
Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.Job 37:20 · King James Version
Job 37:20 in context
18Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?
19Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.
20Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.
21And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.
22Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- speakdâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- speakʼâmarto sayH559 →
- toldçâpharproperly, to score with a mark as a tally or recordH5608 →
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Elihu here addresses himself closely to Job, desiring him to apply what he had hitherto said to himself. He begs that he would hearken to this discourse (Job 37:14), that he would pause awhile: Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-20