Job 37:20
Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.In other versions
Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?
ASV
How may he have knowledge of my desire for talk with him? or did any man ever say, May destruction come on me?
BBE
Shall it be told him if I would speak? if a man [so] say, surely he shall be swallowed up.
DBY
Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?
WEB
Is it declared to Him that I speak? If a man hath spoken, surely he is swallowed up.
YLT
Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.
ENG
Shall it be told him that I speak? If a man shall speak, surely he will be swallowed up.
WBT
Should He be told that I want to speak? Would a man ask to be swallowed up ?
BSB
In context
18Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?
19Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.
20Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.
21And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.
22Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty.