King James Version

Job 37:19

Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.

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ה֭וֹדִיעֵנוּhodienvknowיָדַעverb, hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “know”, a commandH3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-) awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, [idiom] could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with…מַהmahhowמָהparticle, interrogative — “how”H4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senseshow (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.נֹּ֣אמַרnomarsayאָמַרverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, plural — “say”, an unfinished actionH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…ל֑וֹlvotoל֑וֹpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to”toלֹ֥אlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…נַ֝עֲרֹ֗ךְnaarokheput in arrayעָרַךְverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, plural — “put in array”, an unfinished actionH6186to set in a row, i.e. arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)put (set) (the battle, self) in array, compare, direct, equal, esteem, estimate, expert (in war), furnish, handle, join (battle), ordain, (lay, put, reckon up, set) (in) order, prepare, tax, value.מִפְּנֵיmipnefrom a- foreפָּנִיםpreposition, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct — “from a- fore”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)[phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-…חֹֽשֶׁךְchoshekhdarkחֹשֶׁךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “dark”, the ordinary formH2822the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickednessdark(-ness), night, obscurity.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Teach us what we shall say unto Him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Teach us what we shall say unto him; For we cannot set our speech in order by reason of darkness.

Young’s Literal Translation

Let us know what we say to Him, We set not in array because of darkness.

World English Bible

Teach us what we will tell him, for we can’t make our case by reason of darkness.

Darby Translation

Teach us what we shall say unto him! We cannot order [our words] by reason of darkness.

Douay-Rheims

Shew us what we may say to him: for we are wrapped up in darkness.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Teach us what we shall say unto Him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Wherefore teach me, what shall we say to him? and let us cease from saying much.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Διατὶ δίδαξόν με, τί ἐροῦμεν αὐτῷ; καὶ παυσώμεθα πολλὰ λέγοντες.