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 "speak" before God (Job 13:3; Job 13:18-22).
If a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up. The parallelism more favours Umbreit-`Durst a man speak (before Him, complaining), that he is (without cause) being destroyed?'