17 Or how thy clothes are [a]warm, when he maketh the earth quiet through the South wind?

18 Hast thou stretched out the heavens, which are strong, and as a molten [b]glass?

19 Tell us what we shall say unto him: for we cannot dispose our matter because of [c]darkness.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 37:17 Why thy clothes should keep thee warm when the South wind bloweth, rather than when any other wind bloweth?
  2. Job 37:18 For their clearness.
  3. Job 37:19 That is, our ignorance: signifying that Job was so presumptuous, that he would control the works of God.

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 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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