Job

Job 37:19–20

¹⁹Teach us what we should say to Him;

we cannot draw up our case because of our darkness.

²⁰Should He be told that I want to speak?

Would a man ask to be swallowed up^a?

Footnotes

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Teach us	ה֭וֹדִיעֵנוּ	hō·w·ḏî·‘ê·nū	Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular; first person common plural	H3045 know
what	מַה־	mah-	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
we should say	נֹּ֣אמַר	nō·mar	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural	H559 utter, say
to Him	ל֑וֹ	lōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular
we cannot	לֹ֥א־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
draw up our case	נַ֝עֲרֹ֗ךְ	na·‘ă·rōḵ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural	H6186 arrange or set in order
because of	מִפְּנֵי־	mip·pə·nê-	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural construct	H6440 face, before
our darkness	חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃	ḥō·šeḵ	Noun - masculine singular	H2822 darkness, obscurity

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Should He be told	הַֽיְסֻפַּר־	hay·sup·par-	Verb - Pual - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5608 count
that	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
I want to speak	אֲדַבֵּ֑ר	’ă·ḏab·bêr	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular	H1696 speak
Would a man	אִ֝֗ישׁ	’îš	Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
ask	אָ֥מַר	’ā·mar	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
to be swallowed up	יְבֻלָּֽע׃	yə·ḇul·lā‘	Verb - Pual - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1104 swallow down, swallow up, engulf

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.