Job 37:19

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

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WEBBE

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

BSB

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

KJV

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

ASV

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

BBE

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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הוֹדִיעֵנוּ ho·di·'e·nu make known to us H3045 מַה־ mah- what H4100 נֹּאמַר no·mar will we say H559 לוֹ lo to him H9033 לֹא־ lo'- not H3808 נַעֲרֹךְ na·'a·rokh we will set in order H6186 מִפְּנֵי־ mi·pe·nei- (from) because of H6440 חֹשֶׁךְ cho·shekh darkness H2822

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 14–20

Due thoughts of the works of God will help to reconcile us to all his providences. As God has a powerful, freezing north wind, so he has a thawing, composing south wind: the Spirit is compared to both, because he both convinces and comforts, So 4:16. The best of men are much in the dark concerning the glorious perfections of the Divine nature and the Divine government. Those who, through grace, know much of God, know nothing, in comparison with what is to be known, and of what will be known, when that which is perfect is come.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.