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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.