Verse Comparison: Job 37:20
American Standard Version
Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?
Amplified® Bible
So shall it be told Him that I wish to speak? If a man speaks, shall he be swallowed up?
Contemporary English Version
Should I risk my life by telling God that I want to speak?
Darby English Version
Shall it be told him if I would speak? if a man [so] say, surely he shall be swallowed up.
Good News Bible
I won't ask to speak with God; why should I give him a chance to destroy me?
King James Version
Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.
New American Standard Bible
"Shall it be told Him that I would speak? Or should a man say that he would be swallowed up?
New International Version
Should he be told that I want to speak?
Would any man ask to be swallowed up?
New King James Version
Should He be told that I wish to speak?
If a man were to speak, surely he would be swallowed up.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Shall we tell Him that I would speak? Or should a man say that God would swallow Him up?
Revised Standard Version
Shall it be told him that I would speak? Did a man ever wish that he would be swallowed up?
Young's Literal Translation
Is it declared to Him that I speak? If a man hath spoken, surely he is swallowed up.
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