Job 31:35

Oh that I had one to hear me! — Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me — and that I had the indictment which mine adversary hath written!

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 most contemptible among families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and went not out of the door.

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

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Cross References

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

Job 13:21Withdraw Thy hand far from me; and let not Thy terror make me afraid.

Job 13:24Wherefore hidest Thou Thy face, and holdest me for Thine enemy?

Job 19:7Behold, I cry out: 'Violence!' but I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no justice.

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

Job 27:7Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and let him that riseth 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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