Job 31:35

Who would grant me a hearer, that the Almighty may hear my desire; and that he himself that judgeth would write a book,

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 have been afraid at a very great multitude, and the contempt of kinsmen hath terrified me: and I have not rather held my peace, and not gone out of the door.

36That I may carry it on my shoulder, and put it about me as a crown?

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Cross References

Job 13:3But yet I will speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

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

Job 13:24Why hidest thou thy face, and thinkest me thy enemy?

Job 19:7Behold I cry suffering violence, and no one will hear: I shall cry aloud, and there is none to judge.

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

Job 27:7Let my enemy be as the ungodly, and my adversary as the wicked one.

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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