Job 37:20

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 6:3 : 3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
  • Job 11:7-8 : 7 ¶ Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? 8 [It is] as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
  • Ps 139:4 : 4 For [there is] not a word in my tongue, [but], lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
  • Matt 12:36-37 : 36 ‹But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.› 37 ‹For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.›

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