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The Book of Job, Chapter 37, Verse 20

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Teach us what we shall say unto him; [for] we cannot order [our speech] by reason of darkness.
King James Version
Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.
American Standard Version
Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?
New English Translation
Should he be informed that I want to speak? If a man speaks, surely he will be swallowed up!
World English Bible
Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?
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And now [men] see not the bright light which [is] in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.
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Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God [is] terrible majesty.
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[Touching] the Almighty, we cannot find him out: [he is] excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.
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Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any [that are] wise of heart.
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Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
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Who [is] this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
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Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
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Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
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Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
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Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;