17 You who swelter in your clothes
    when the land lies hushed under the south wind,(A)
18 can you join him in spreading out the skies,(B)
    hard as a mirror of cast bronze?(C)

19 “Tell us what we should say to him;(D)
    we cannot draw up our case(E) because of our darkness.(F)

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17 you whose garments are hot
    when the earth is still because of the south wind?
18 Can you, like him, (A)spread out the skies,
    hard as a cast metal (B)mirror?
19 Teach us what we shall say to him;
    we cannot draw up our case because of (C)darkness.

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17 How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?

18 Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?

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

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17 When the hot wind blows from the south,
    nothing moves on the earth.
    Your body is too hot in the clothes that you wear.
18 God puts the clouds across the whole sky,
    like a metal mirror that shines brightly.
Can you also do that? No!

19 Tell us, Job, what things we should say to God.
We cannot argue with him,
    because our minds are in a dark place.

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