Job 37:20

Will it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?

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WEBBE

Will it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?

BSB

Should He be told that I want to speak? Would a man ask to be swallowed up?

KJV

Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.

ASV

Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?

BBE

How may he have knowledge of my desire for talk with him? or did any man ever say, May destruction come on me?

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הַיְסֻפַּר־ hay·su·par- ¿ will it be recounted H5608 לוֹ lo to him H9033 כִּי ki that H3588 אֲדַבֵּר 'a·da·ber I will speak H1696 אִם־ 'im- or H518 אָמַר 'a·mar did he say H559 אִישׁ 'ish anyone H376 כִּי ki that H3588 יְבֻלָּע ye·vu·la' he will be swallowed up H1104

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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