Job 31:35

O that I had someone to hear me (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me), and [that I had] the indictment which my adversary has written!

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In The King James Version

Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.

In Context

34because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me so that I kept silence, and did not go out of the door--

36Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder. I would bind it to me as a crown.

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Cross References

Job 13:3Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

Job 13:21Withdraw thy hand far from me, and do not let thy dread make me afraid.

Job 13:24Why do thou hide thy face, and reckon me for thine enemy?

Job 19:7Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard. I cry for help, but there is no justice.

Job 19:23O that my words were now written! O that they were inscribed in a book,

Job 27:7Let my enemy be as the wicked, and let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.

Matthew Henry on Job 31:34-40

Job's Protestation of His Integrity. ( b. c. 1520.) 33 If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom: 34 Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door? 35 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book. 36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me. 37 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as… Read the whole commentary →

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