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18 Can you spread out the skies like he does;
    can you cast them as one might a mirror?

19 Tell us! What are we to say to him?
    Can we prepare our case to face him
        when our faces are in darkness?
20 Has it been relayed to God[a] that I want to talk?
    Can a person[b] speak when he is confused?”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 37:20 Lit. him
  2. Job 37:20 Lit. man

18 can you join him in spreading out the skies,(A)
    hard as a mirror of cast bronze?(B)

19 “Tell us what we should say to him;(C)
    we cannot draw up our case(D) because of our darkness.(E)
20 Should he be told that I want to speak?
    Would anyone ask to be swallowed up?

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