Job 31:35

If only God would give ear to me, and the Ruler of all would give me an answer! or if what he has against me had been put in writing!

Bible in Basic English

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

34For fear of the great body of people, or for fear that families might make sport of me, so that I kept quiet, and did not go out of my door;

36Truly I would take up the book in my hands; it would be to me as a crown;

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Cross References

Job 13:3But I would have talk with the Ruler of all, and my desire is to have an argument with God.

Job 13:21Take your hand far away from me; and let me not be overcome by fear of you.

Job 13:24Why is your face veiled from me, as if I was numbered among your haters?

Job 19:7Truly, I make an outcry against the violent man, but there is no answer: I give a cry for help, but no one takes up my cause.

Job 19:23If only my words might be recorded! if they might be put in writing in a book!

Job 27:7Let my hater be like the evil man, and let him who comes against me be as the sinner.

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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