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Job 37:19 Cross-References
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“Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.”
Job 37:19 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 37:19
Teach us what we shall say unto him—Elihu acknowledges human inadequacy in addressing God. The phrase we cannot order our speech (לֹא־נַעֲרֹךְ, lo-naarokh) uses עָרַךְ (arakh), meaning to set in order, arrange, or prepare for battle. We cannot marshal arguments before God as warriors array battle lines. Why? By reason of darkness (מִפְּנֵי־חֹשֶׁךְ, miphnei-choshekh)—not moral darkness but intellectual darkness, the limitation of human understanding.This confession anticipates Job's final response: 'I have uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not' (Job 42:3)....
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 37:19
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“Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?”
“'Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?' therefore I have uttered that which I did not understand”
“it was too painful for me;”
“who doesn't know such things as these?”
“Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high”
“So foolish was I”
“dimly”
“now we are children of God”
“Hear now my reasoning”