Job 37:20
Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.
Shall it bee told him that I speake? if a man speake, surely he shalbe swallowed vp.
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- Job 11:7–8Rank 1 from verse 20
7Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
8It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
7Canst thou by searching finde out God? canst thou finde out the Almightie vnto perfection?
8 It is †as high as heauen, what canst thou doe? deeper then hell, what canst thou know?
- Matthew 12:36–37Rank 3 from verse 20
36But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
37For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
36But I say vnto you, That euery idle word that men shall speake, they shall giue accompt thereof in the day of Iudgement.
37For by thy wordes thou shalt bee iustified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
- Psalms 139:4Rank 4 from verse 20
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Job 37:20
An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
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Past-tense or past-participial form of tell (to say, relate, inform, count, or make known).
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Sense 1: To utter words or articulate sounds, or to use a language. Sense 2: To address or converse with someone. Sense 3: To state, declare, make mention of, or otherwise make a matter known.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.
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Certainly, truly, firmly, or without doubt.
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19Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.
19Teach vs what we shall say vnto him; for we cannot order our speach by reason of darknes.
20Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.
20Shall it bee told him that I speake? if a man speake, surely he shalbe swallowed vp.
Selected passage21And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.
21And nowe men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth and cleanseth them.