Job 19:23
Oh who would but grant, that my words might be written down! oh who would grant that they were entered in a book!
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!
In Context
22Why will ye persecute me as God [hath done], and will never be satisfied with my flesh?
24That they were hewn with an iron pen and [blackened with] lead for eternity in the hard rock!
Cross References
Isaiah 8:1And the Lord said unto me, Take thyself a large table, and write on it with distinct letters, Lemaher-shalal-chash-bas.
Matthew Henry on Job 19:9-23
Job Complains of God's Displeasure; Job Complains of His Friends. ( b. c. 1520.) 8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths. 9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head. 10 He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree. 11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies. 12 His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my… Read the whole commentary →