Job 37:20
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"Shall it be toldהַֽיְסֻפַּר־
(hay·sup·par-)
5608: to count, recount, relatedenominative verb from sepher
Him that I would speak?אֲדַבֵּ֑ר
(a·dab·ber;)
1696: to speaka prim. root
Orאִֽם־
(im-)
518: ifa prim. conjunction
should a manאִ֝֗ישׁ
(ish)
376: manfrom an unused word
sayאָ֥מַר
(a·mar)
559: to utter, saya prim. root
that he would be swallowedיְבֻלָּֽע׃
(ye·vul·la.)
1104: to swallow down, swallow up, engulfa prim. root
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KJV Lexicon
Shall it be told
caphar  (saw-far')
to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate
him that I speak
dabar  (daw-bar')
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
if a man
'iysh  (eesh)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
speak
'amar  (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
surely he shall be swallowed up
bala`  (baw-lah')
to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy -- cover, destroy, devour, eat up, be at end, spend up, swallow down (up).
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"Shall it be told Him that I would speak? Or should a man say that he would be swallowed up?

King James Bible
Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Should He be told that I want to speak? Can a man speak when he is confused?

International Standard Version
Has it been relayed to God that I want to talk? Can a person speak when he is confused?"

NET Bible
Should he be informed that I want to speak? If a man speaks, surely he would be swallowed up!

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Should he be told that I want to speak? Can a person speak when he is confused?

King James 2000 Bible
Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speaks, surely he shall be swallowed up.
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