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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
היספר-לו כי אדבר אם-אמר איש כי יבלע
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
hyspr-lv ky Adbr Am-Amr AySH ky ybl`

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
quis narrabit ei quae loquor etiam si locutus fuerit homo devorabitur

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speaks, surely he shall be swallowed up.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.
Authorized (King James) Version   
Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.
New King James Version   
Should He be told that I wish to speak? If a man were to speak, surely he would be swallowed up.
21st Century King James Version   
Shall it be told Him that I speak? If a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?
Darby Bible Translation   
Shall it be told him if I would speak? if a man so say, surely he shall be swallowed up.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Who shall tell him the things I speak? even if a man shall speak, he shall be swallowed up.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
Shall it be told him that I would speak? or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
Shall it be told him that I would speak? Did a man ever wish that he would be swallowed up?
God's Word   
Should he be told that I want to speak? Can a person speak when he is confused?
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Should He be told that I want to speak? Can a man speak when he is confused?
International Standard Version   
Has it been relayed to God that I want to talk? Can a person speak when he is confused?"
NET Bible   
Should he be informed that I want to speak? If a man speaks, surely he would be swallowed up!
New American Standard Bible   
"Shall it be told Him that I would speak? Or should a man say that he would be swallowed up?
New International Version   
Should he be told that I want to speak? Would anyone ask to be swallowed up?
New Living Translation   
Should God be notified that I want to speak? Can people even speak when they are confused?
Webster's Bible Translation   
Shall it be told him that I speak? If a man shall speak, surely he will be swallowed up.
The World English Bible   
Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?
EasyEnglish Bible   
Should I tell God that I want to speak to him? That would be the end of me!
Young‘s Literal Translation   
Is it declared to Him that I speak? If a man hath spoken, surely he is swallowed up.
New Life Version   
Should He be told that I want to speak? Did a man ever wish to be swallowed up?
The Voice Bible   
Shall He be told that I wish to speak to Him directly? Will it help if I admit I would be consumed if I did?
Living Bible   
“You who think you know so much, teach the rest of us how we should approach God. For we are too dull to know! With your wisdom, would we then dare to approach him? Well, does a man wish to be swallowed alive?
New Catholic Bible   
Do my words have any effect on him? Is he informed of any man’s commands?
Legacy Standard Bible   
Shall it be recounted to Him that I would speak? If a man says a word, will He indeed be swallowed up?
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Shall it be told him when I speak? When someone is swallowed up shall it be told him?
Christian Standard Bible   
Should he be told that I want to speak? Can a man speak when he is confused?
Amplified Bible © 1954   
So shall it be told Him that I wish to speak? If a man speaks, shall he be swallowed up?
New Century Version   
Should God be told that I want to speak? Would a person ask to be swallowed up?
The Message   
“If you’re so smart, give us a lesson in how to address God. We’re in the dark and can’t figure it out. Do you think I’m dumb enough to challenge God? Wouldn’t that just be asking for trouble? No one in his right mind stares straight at the sun on a clear and cloudless day. As gold comes from the northern mountains, so a terrible beauty streams from God.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Should he be notified that I want to speak? Or would a man who said that be swallowed up?
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Should he be told that I want to speak? Did anyone ever wish to be swallowed up?
Good News Translation®   
I won't ask to speak with God; why should I give him a chance to destroy me?
Wycliffe Bible   
Who shall tell to him, what things I speak? yea, if he speaketh, a man shall be devoured. (Who shall tell him what things he should speak? yea, if a man speaketh, he shall be devoured!)
Contemporary English Version   
Should I risk my life by telling God that I want to speak?
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Shall it be told him that I would speak? Did a man ever wish that he would be swallowed up?
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Should he be told that I want to speak? Did anyone ever wish to be swallowed up?
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Should he be told that I want to speak? Did anyone ever wish to be swallowed up?
Common English Bible © 2011   
Should someone inform him that I wish to speak, or would anyone say he wants to be devoured?
Amplified Bible © 2015   
“So shall it be told Him that I wish to speak? Or should a man say that he would be swallowed up [and destroyed by God]?
English Standard Version Anglicised   
Shall it be told him that I would speak? Did a man ever wish that he would be swallowed up?
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Will he be told about it when I speak? Can anyone talk when he is being destroyed?
New American Standard Bible   
Shall it be told Him that I would speak? Or should a man say that he would be swallowed up?
The Expanded Bible   
Should God be told ·that I want to [or when I] speak? Would a person ask to be swallowed up?
Tree of Life Version   
Should He be informed that I want to speak? If a man speaks, would he be swallowed up?
Revised Standard Version   
Shall it be told him that I would speak? Did a man ever wish that he would be swallowed up?
New International Reader's Version   
Should he be told that I want to speak? Would anyone ask to be destroyed by him?
BRG Bible   
Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.
Complete Jewish Bible   
Is he to be told that I will speak? Can a man speak at all when he is already swallowed up?
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Should he be told that I want to speak? Did anyone ever wish to be swallowed up?
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Should it be told Him that I wish to speak? Or should an ish say that he would be swallowed up?
Names of God Bible   
Should he be told that I want to speak? Can a person speak when he is confused?
Modern English Version   
Will it be told Him that I speak? If a man speaks, surely he will be swallowed up.
Easy-to-Read Version   
I would not tell God that I wanted to talk to him. That would be like asking to be destroyed.
International Children’s Bible   
Should God be told that I want to speak? A man might try to speak to God, but he would surely be swallowed up.
Lexham English Bible   
Should he be told that I want to speak? Or did a man say that he would be communicated with?
New International Version - UK   
Should he be told that I want to speak? Would anyone ask to be swallowed up?