Job 37:19 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁹ Teach us what we shall say to him; we cannot draw up our case because of darkness.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ Tell us [Job] with what words of man we may address such a Being; we cannot state our case because we are in the dark [in the presence of the unsearchable God].

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

¹⁹ Tell us what we should say to him; we can’t present our case due to darkness.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ Reveal to us what we should say to him, for, of course, we are wrapped in darkness.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Job 37:19 Cross References

Job 12:3

But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?

Job 13:3

But I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God.

Job 13:6

Hear now my reasoning, and listen to the pleadings of my lips.

Job 26:14

These are indeed but the outskirts of his ways, and how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?”

Job 37:20

Should he be told that I want to speak? Did anyone ever wish to be swallowed up?

Job 38:2

“Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

Job 40:4

“See, I am of small account; what shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.

Job 42:3

‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’ Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me that I did not know.

Job 9:14

How then can I answer him, choosing my words with him?

Psalm 139:6

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is so high that I cannot attain it.

Psalm 73:22

I was stupid and ignorant; I was like a brute beast toward you.

Romans 8:26

Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness, for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with groanings too deep for words.

1 Corinthians 13:12

For now we see only a reflection, as in a mirror, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known.

1 John 3:2

Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is this: when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him as he is.