Job 37:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

• Job 37:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Shall it be told him that I speak? - Still the language of profound awe and reverence, as if he would not have it even intimated to God that he had presumed to say anything in regard to him, or w...

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• Job 37:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Shall it be (q) told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up. (q) Has God need that any should tell him when man murmurs against him?

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• Job 37:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  How can he, whose mind is dark, address God? Shall I invite Him to converse and court destruction? ( Job 37:19 f.). In Job 37:21 follow mg. And now men cannot look on the light when it is bright...

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• Job 37:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up. Shall it be told him that I speak? - Shall I dare to whisper even before God? And suppose any one were to accuse me...

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• Job 37:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up. What I, a mortal, say against God's dealings is not worthy of being told HIM. In opposition to Job's wish to...

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• Job 37:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Speeches of Elihu (concluded) 2. The thunder is frequently called the voice of God: cp. Psalms 29 . Sound] RM 'muttering.'

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• Job 37:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Be swallowed up. — The sense will vary, according as we understand this of God or of the sun. In the first case, it is a simple expression of awe at God’s majesty: “Shall it be told Him that I woul...

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• Job 37:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  XXVI. THE DIVINE PREROGATIVE Job 35:1-16 ; Job 36:1-33 ; Job 37:1-24 AFTER a long digression Elihu returns to consider the statement ascribed to Job, "It profiteth a man nothing that he shou...

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• Job 37:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Light in the Clouds Job 37:1-24 As Elihu spoke a thunder-storm was gathering, and much of the imagery of this chapter is suggested by that fact. The little group listened to the sound of Go...

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• Job 37:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The description of the storm commenced in the previous chapter and is here completed. There is first the drawing up of the water into the clouds, their spreading over the sky, the strange mutterings...

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• Job 37:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (14) В¶ Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God. (15) Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine? (16) Dost thou know the...

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• Job 37:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Shall it be told him that I speak ?.... And what I speak? there is no need of it, since he is omniscient, and knows every word that is spoken by men; or is anything I have said concerning him, his w...

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• Job 37:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up. Ver. 20. Shall it be told him that I speak? ] An in acta referetur ei, si loquar? Shall it be recorded before...

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• Job 37:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Shall it be told him that I speak? Does he need to be informed of any thing? Is any thing that I have said of him worth his hearing? Will any one report it to him? Will any man dare to approach him...

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• Job 37:20 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  MAN'S IMPOTENCE IN THE STORM (vv.1-5) As the storm breaks upon them, Elihu himself trembles (v.1). The thunder of God's voice calls for man's close attention and His lightning spreads over the w...

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• Job 37:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        14 Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.   15 Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?   16 Dost thou know t...

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• Job 37:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  That I speak, Heb. that I will speak . Shall I send, or who dare carry, a challenge from me to God, or a message that I am ready and desirous to debate with him concerning his proceedings? This in...

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• Job 37:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  ELIHU’S FOURTH SPEECH CONTINUED Elihu continues his discourse, apparently in the midst of loud thunder-claps, suddenly issuing from the storm-cloud out of which the Almighty was about to speak,...

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• Job 37:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Job 37:5 . God thundereth marvellously with his voice. See on Psalms 29 . This chapter is divided from the former, in the midst of a sublime description of a storm. Job 37:22 . The golden splen...

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• Job 37:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Teach us what we shall say unto Him. Man and God I. Suggestions concerning man. 1. The sublimest act, speaking to God. “Teach us what we shall say unto Him; for we cannot order our speech by...

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• Job 37:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Job 37:1-18 It has been already remarked that there is no natural division between Job 36:1-18 and Job 37:1-18 .—the description of the thunderstorm and its effects runs on. F...

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• Job 37:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Final Admonition Addressed to Job

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• Job 37:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Job 11:7 ; Job 11:8 ; Job 6:3 ; Matthew 12:36 ; Matthew 12:37 ; Psalms 139:4

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• Job 37:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Shall — I send a challenge to God, or a message that I am ready to debate with him concerning his proceedings? Speak — If a man should be so bold to enter the lists with God. Swallowed up — With th...

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