Job 37:20
Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.
KJV
Quis narrabit ei quæ loquor ? etiam si locutus fuerit homo, devorabitur.
Vulgate
μὴ βίβλος ἢ γραμματεύς μοι παρέστηκεν, ἵνα ἄνθρωπον ἑστηκὼς κατασιωπήσω;
LXX
Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?
ASV
הַֽ/יְסֻפַּר ל֭/וֹ כִּ֣י אֲדַבֵּ֑ר אִֽם אָ֥מַר אִ֝֗ישׁ כִּ֣י יְבֻלָּֽע
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
ם
m
verb · 50×
סֹּפֵ֔ר
spr
verb · 161×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Ps 107:27 — They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit’s end.