Job 37:19

19 Teach us what we should say to Him;^[a] we cannot prepare [our case] because of our 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 get hot when the south wind brings calm to the land,

18 can you help God spread out the skies as hard as a cast metal mirror?

19 Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot prepare [our case] because of our darkness.

20 Should He be told that I want to speak? Can a man speak when he is confused?

21 Now men cannot [even] look at the sun when it is in the skies, after a wind has swept through and cleared them away.

Footnotes

• [a] Jb 10:2; 38:3; 42:4