20 Should he be told that I want to speak? Would anyone ask to be swallowed up?

Other Translations of Job 37:20

King James Version

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

English Standard Version

20 Shall it be told him that I would speak? Did a man ever wish that he would be swallowed up?

The Message

20 Do you think I'm dumb enough to challenge God? Wouldn't that just be asking for trouble?

New King James Version

20 Should He be told that I wish to speak? If a man were to speak, surely he would be swallowed up.

New Living Translation

20 Should God be notified that I want to speak? Can people even speak when they are confused?

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 37:20

Commentary on Job 37:14-20

(Read Job 37:14-20)

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, Song of Solomon 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.