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Would anyone ask to be swallowed up?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/37.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Should God be notified that I want to speak? Can people even speak when they are confused?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/37.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Shall it be told him that I would speak? Did a man ever wish that he would be swallowed up?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/37.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Should He be told that I want to speak? Would a man ask to be swallowed up?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/37.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/37.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Should He be told that I <i>wish to</i> speak? If a man were to speak, surely he would be swallowed up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/37.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Shall it be told Him that I would speak? Or should a man say that he would be swallowed up?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/37.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Shall it be told Him that I would speak? Or should a man say that he would be swallowed up?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/37.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Shall it be told Him that I would speak? Or should a man say that he would be swallowed up?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/37.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Shall it be recounted to Him that I would speak? If a man says <i>a word</i>, will He indeed be swallowed up?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/37.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“So shall it be told Him that I wish to speak? Or should a man say that he would be swallowed up [and destroyed by God]?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/37.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Should he be told that I want to speak? Can a man speak when he is confused?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/37.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Should He be told that I want to speak? Can a man speak when he is confused? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/37.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/37.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Should I risk my life by telling God that I want to speak? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/37.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Shall it be told him that I would speak? or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/37.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Should he be told that I want to speak? Can a person speak when he is confused?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/37.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I won't ask to speak with God; why should I give him a chance to destroy me? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/37.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Has it been relayed to God that I want to talk? Can a person speak when he is confused?"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/37.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Should He be told that I want to speak? Would a man ask to be swallowed up?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/37.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Should he be informed that I want to speak? If a man speaks, surely he would be swallowed up! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/37.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/37.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Shall it be told him that I speak? If a man shall speak, surely he will be swallowed up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/37.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Will it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up? <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/37.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Is it declared to Him that I speak? If a man has spoken, surely he is swallowed up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/37.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Is it declared to Him that I speak? If a man hath spoken, surely he is swallowed up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/37.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Shall it be recounted to him that I shall speak? If a man spake, then shall he be swallowed down.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/37.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Who shall tell him the things I speak? even if a man shall speak, he shall be swallowed up. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/37.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Who will explain to him the things that I am saying? Even while a man is still speaking, he will be devoured.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/37.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Will he be told about it when I speak? Can anyone talk when he is being destroyed? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/37.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Should he be told that I want to speak? Did anyone ever wish to be swallowed up?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/37.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Relate to him that which he has said; and if a man speaks, surely he shall be consumed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/37.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And I shall tell him what I shall say, and if a man will speak, he would be swallowed up<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/37.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Shall it be told Him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/37.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Have I a book or a scribe my me, that I may stand and put man to silence?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/37-20.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=5825" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/37.htm">Elihu Proclaims God's Majesty</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">19</span>Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot draw up our case when our faces are in darkness. <span class="reftext">20</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5608.htm" title="5608: hay·sup·par- (V-Pual-Imperf-3ms) -- To count, recount, relate. ">Should He be told</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: ’ă·ḏab·bêr (V-Piel-Imperf-1cs) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">I want to speak?</a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!"></a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">Would a man</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">ask</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/1104.htm" title="1104: yə·ḇul·lā‘ (V-Pual-Imperf-3ms) -- To swallow down, swallow up, engulf. A primitive root; to make away with; generally, to destroy.">to be swallowed up?</a> </span><span class="reftext">21</span>Now no one can gaze at the sun when it is bright in the skies after the wind has swept them clean.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/9-3.htm">Job 9:3</a></span><br />If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/15-14.htm">Job 15:14-16</a></span><br />What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous? / If God puts no trust in His holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes, / how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/33-12.htm">Job 33:12-13</a></span><br />Behold, you are not right in this matter. I will answer you, for God is greater than man. / Why do you complain to Him that He answers nothing a man asks?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/40-4.htm">Job 40:4-5</a></span><br />“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth. / I have spoken once, but I have no answer—twice, but I have nothing to add.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/42-3.htm">Job 42:3</a></span><br />You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/19-12.htm">Psalm 19:12</a></span><br />Who can discern his own errors? Cleanse me from my hidden faults.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/40-5.htm">Psalm 40:5</a></span><br />Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us—none can compare to You—if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/139-6.htm">Psalm 139:6</a></span><br />Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/139-17.htm">Psalm 139:17-18</a></span><br />How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God, how vast is their sum! / If I were to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; and when I awake, I am still with You.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-13.htm">Isaiah 40:13-14</a></span><br />Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His counselor? / Whom did He consult to enlighten Him, and who taught Him the paths of justice? Who imparted knowledge to Him and showed Him the way of understanding?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/55-8.htm">Isaiah 55:8-9</a></span><br />“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD. / “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/10-23.htm">Jeremiah 10:23</a></span><br />I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; no one who walks directs his own steps.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-33.htm">Romans 11:33-34</a></span><br />O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways! / “Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/2-11.htm">1 Corinthians 2:11</a></span><br />For who among men knows the thoughts of man except his own spirit within him? So too, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/2-16.htm">1 Corinthians 2:16</a></span><br />“For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.</p><p class="hdg">Shall it</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/139-4.htm">Psalm 139:4</a></b></br> For <i>there is</i> not a word in my tongue, <i>but</i>, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/12-36.htm">Matthew 12:36,37</a></b></br> But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment… </p><p class="hdg">surely</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/6-3.htm">Job 6:3</a></b></br> For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/11-7.htm">Job 11:7,8</a></b></br> Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/32-3.htm">Declared</a> <a href="/job/36-20.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/job/34-24.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/job/36-2.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/job/35-13.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/job/20-15.htm">Swallowed</a> <a href="/job/35-16.htm">Talk</a> <a href="/job/33-32.htm">Want</a> <a href="/job/34-36.htm">Wish</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/42-3.htm">Declared</a> <a href="/job/38-39.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/job/38-27.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/job/41-3.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/job/38-5.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/psalms/35-25.htm">Swallowed</a> <a href="/job/41-12.htm">Talk</a> <a href="/job/38-41.htm">Want</a> <a href="/psalms/40-14.htm">Wish</a><div class="vheading2">Job 37</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/37-1.htm">God is to be feared because of his great works</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/37-15.htm">His wisdom is unsearchable in them</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/37.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/37.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Should He be told that I want to speak?</b><br>This phrase reflects the humility and reverence one should have when approaching God. In the context of Job, Elihu is speaking, emphasizing the majesty and sovereignty of God. The rhetorical question suggests that it is presumptuous for a human to demand an audience with the Almighty. This echoes the broader biblical theme of God's transcendence and the appropriate posture of humility before Him, as seen in <a href="/isaiah/55-8.htm">Isaiah 55:8-9</a>, where God's thoughts and ways are higher than ours. The cultural context of the Ancient Near East often depicted gods as distant and unapproachable, yet the God of Israel invites relationship, though with reverence and awe.<p><b>Would a man ask to be swallowed up?</b><br>This phrase underscores the danger and folly of approaching God without proper respect. The imagery of being "swallowed up" can be linked to the fate of Korah and his followers in <a href="/numbers/16.htm">Numbers 16</a>, where the earth opened and swallowed them due to their rebellion against God. It serves as a warning against arrogance and presumption. Theologically, it points to the need for a mediator between God and man, which Christians see fulfilled in Jesus Christ, who provides access to God while shielding us from His consuming holiness. This reflects the biblical principle that God is both loving and just, requiring reverence and obedience from His followers.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>The central figure in the Book of Job, a man of great faith and patience who undergoes severe trials and suffering.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/elihu.htm">Elihu</a></b><br>A young man who speaks to Job and his friends, offering a perspective on God's majesty and justice. <a href="/bsb/job/37.htm">Job 37</a> is part of Elihu's discourse.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The Almighty Creator, whose wisdom and power are beyond human understanding. Elihu speaks of God's greatness in this chapter.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_heavens.htm">The Heavens</a></b><br>Often referenced in <a href="/bsb/job/37.htm">Job 37</a>, symbolizing God's majesty and the natural order He controls.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_whirlwind.htm">The Whirlwind</a></b><br>A symbol of God's presence and power, which will later be the medium through which God speaks to Job.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_majesty_of_god.htm">The Majesty of God</a></b><br>Recognize that God's wisdom and power are beyond our comprehension. We should approach Him with humility and reverence.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/human_limitations.htm">Human Limitations</a></b><br>Understand that our perspective is limited. We should trust in God's greater plan, even when we do not understand our circumstances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_listening.htm">The Importance of Listening</a></b><br>Before speaking or questioning God, we should listen and seek to understand His will and purpose.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_suffering.htm">The Role of Suffering</a></b><br>Consider how suffering can lead us to a deeper understanding of God's character and our dependence on Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/approaching_god_with_reverence.htm">Approaching God with Reverence</a></b><br>When we desire to speak to God, we should do so with a heart of submission, acknowledging His sovereignty.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_37.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 37</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_is_the_new_man_in_the_story.htm">What are the torments of Sheol?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/are_prophetic_dreams_divinely_sourced.htm">Do prophetic dreams originate from a divine source?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_wicked_prosper_despite_job_11_20.htm">Job 11:20 asserts the wicked lose hope, yet history and modern times show many unethical people prosper. How is this reconciled?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_god_speak_to_idolater_laban.htm">In Genesis 31:24, why would God communicate with Laban if Laban worshipped other gods, and how does this align with other biblical passages about idolatry?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/37.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(20) <span class= "bld">Be swallowed up.</span>--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 would speak? If a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up;" but unquestionably the sense is clearer if we understand it of the sun: "Shall it be told of him? Shall I, indeed, speak it? or hath any man ever ventured to say, in such a case, that the sun is swallowed up, extinguished?"<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/37.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 20.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Shall it be told him that I speak?</span> rather, <span class="accented">that I would speak</span> (comp. <a href="/job/31-35.htm">Job 31:35</a>). Job had expressed the wish that God would "hear him, and answer him." Elihu, intending to rebuke this presumption, yet shrinking from doing so directly, puts himself in Job's place, and asks, "Would it be fitting that I should demand to speak with God?" If not, it cannot be fitting that Job should do so. <span class="cmt_word">If a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up</span>. This is probably the true meaning, though another has been suggested by some commentators, who prefer to render, "Or should a man wish that he were destroyed?" (So Ewald, Dillmann, Canon Cook, and our Revisers.) If we adopt this rendering, we must understand Elihu as appending to his first rebuke a second, levelled against Job's desire to have his life ended. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/37-20.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Should He be told</span><br /><span class="heb">הַֽיְסֻפַּר־</span> <span class="translit">(hay·sup·par-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Pual - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5608.htm">Strong's 5608: </a> </span><span class="str2">To count, recount, relate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I want to speak?</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲדַבֵּ֑ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḏab·bêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arrange, to speak, to subdue</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Would a man</span><br /><span class="heb">אִ֝֗ישׁ</span> <span class="translit">(’îš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man as an individual, a male person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">ask</span><br /><span class="heb">אָ֥מַר</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·mar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to be swallowed up?</span><br /><span class="heb">יְבֻלָּֽע׃</span> <span class="translit">(yə·ḇul·lā‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Pual - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1104.htm">Strong's 1104: </a> </span><span class="str2">To swallow down, swallow up, engulf</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/37-20.htm">Job 37:20 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/37-20.htm">Job 37:20 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/37-20.htm">Job 37:20 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/37-20.htm">Job 37:20 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/37-20.htm">Job 37:20 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/37-20.htm">Job 37:20 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/37-20.htm">Job 37:20 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/37-20.htm">Job 37:20 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/37-20.htm">Job 37:20 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/37-20.htm">Job 37:20 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/37-20.htm">OT Poetry: Job 37:20 Shall it be told him that (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/37-19.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 37:19"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 37:19" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/37-21.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 37:21"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 37:21" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>