Giobbe 37:19

19 Insegnaci tu che dirgli!… Nelle tenebre nostre, noi non abbiam parole.

Giobbe 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.

Giobbe 37:19 In-Context

17 Sai tu come mai gli abiti tuoi sono caldi quando la terra s’assopisce sotto il soffio dello scirocco?

18 Puoi tu, come lui, distendere i cieli e farli solidi come uno specchio di metallo?

19 Insegnaci tu che dirgli!… Nelle tenebre nostre, noi non abbiam parole.

20 Gli si annunzierà forse ch’io voglio parlare? Ma chi mai può bramare d’essere inghiottito?

21 Nessuno può fissare il sole che sfolgora ne’ cieli quando v’è passato il vento a renderli tersi.