19"Tell us what we should say to him; we cannot draw up our case because of our darkness.


In Context

16 Do you know how the clouds hang poised, those wonders of him who is perfect in knowledge?

17 You who swelter in your clothes when the land lies hushed under the south wind,

18 can you join him in spreading out the skies, hard as a mirror of cast bronze?

19 "Tell us what we should say to him; we cannot draw up our case because of our darkness.

20 Should he be told that I want to speak? Would any man ask to be swallowed up?

21 Now no one can look at the sun, bright as it is in the skies after the wind has swept them clean.

Job 37:19 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

37:19Teach us what we shall say unto him; [for] we cannot order [our speech] by reason of darkness.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

37:19Shew us what we may say to him : for we are wrapped up in darkness.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

37:19Teach us what we shall say unto him; For we cannot set our speech in order by reason of darkness.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

37:19Teach us what we shall say unto him! We cannot order our words by reason of darkness.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

37:19Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

37:19Teach us what we shall say to him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

37:19Teach us what we shall tell him, for we can't make our case by reason of darkness.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

37:19Let us know what we say to Him, We set not in array because of darkness.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

37:19Teach us what we shall say to him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.