Job 37:19 “Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot draw up our case because…”

Job 37:19

Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot draw up our case because of our darkness.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

Geneva Bible 1599

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

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

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.

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Cross references

“Teach”

Job 12:3 Job 13:3 Job 13:6

Job 12:3 · BSB

But I also have a mind; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?

Job 13:3 · BSB

Yet I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God.

Job 13:6 · BSB

Hear now my argument, and listen to the plea of my lips.

“we”

Job 26:14 Job 38:2 Job 42:3 Psalm 73:22 Psalm 139:6 Proverbs 30:2–4

Job 26:14 · BSB

Indeed, 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?”

Job 38:2 · BSB

“Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?

Job 42:3 · BSB

You 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.

Psalm 73:22 · BSB

I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.

Psalm 139:6 · BSB

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.

Proverbs 30:2–4 · BSB

Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

18can you, like Him, spread out the skies, as strong as a mirror of bronze?

20Should He be told that I want to speak? Would a man ask to be swallowed up ?

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