Job 37:19

19 Tell us what we should say to him; we can't present our case due to darkness.

Job 37:19 Meaning and Commentary

Job 37:19

Teach us what we shall say unto him
To this wonder working God, of whose common works of nature we know so little; how we should reason with him about his works of Providence, when we know so little of these:

[for] we cannot order [our speech] by reason of darkness;
by reason of darkness in themselves, which is in all men naturally, and even in the saints in this state of imperfection; and by reason of the clouds and darkness which are about the Lord himself, who is incomprehensible in his nature and perfections; and by reason of the darkness cast about his providential dealings with men, so that they are unsearchable and past finding out; and the best of men are at a loss how to order their speech, or discourse with God concerning these things.

Job 37:19 In-Context

17 you whose clothes are hot when earth is calmed by the south wind?

18 Can you form the sky with him, hard like a mirror made of metal?

19 Tell us what we should say to him; we can't present our case due to darkness.

20 Should someone inform him that I wish to speak, or would anyone say he wants to be devoured?

21 For now, no one can look at the sun; it is bright in the sky; the wind has passed and cleared away the clouds.