King James Version
Job 37:20 in the King James Version says “Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.” — study this verse from Job chapter 37 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.”
Job 37:20 · KJV
Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?
Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.
Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.
And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.
Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty. Fair: Heb. Gold
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“Shall it be told”
H5608properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e., (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e., celebra
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“him that I speak”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“if a man”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“surely he shall be swallowed up”
H1104to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy
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