Job 31:35

then, would he grant me a hearing, so that the Almighty would listen to my desire, and he who judges would himself write a book,

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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

34if I became frightened by an excessive crowd, and the disrespect of close relatives alarmed me, so that I would much rather have remained silent or have gone out the door;

36which I would then carry on my shoulder and wrap around me like a crown?

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Cross References

Job 13:3Yet I speak this way to the Almighty, and I desire to argue with God,

Job 13:21Take your hand far away from me, and do not let your dread terrify me.

Job 13:24Why do you conceal your face and consider me to be your enemy?

Job 19:7Behold, I will cry out, enduring violence, and no one will hear. I will announce loudly, but there is no one who may judge.

Job 19:23Who will grant to me that my words may be written down? Who will grant to me that they may be inscribed in a book,

Job 27:7Let the impious be as my enemy, and the sinful, as my adversary.

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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