Job 31:35

Oh who will bring me one that would hear me! behold, here is my plea; may the Almighty answer me; and any record which my opponent may have written,—

Leeser Tanakh

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 dreaded the great multitude, or because the contempt of families did terrify me, so that I kept silence, and dared not to go out of the door;—

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

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Cross References

Job 13:3However, I would gladly speak to the Almighty; and to argue with God do I desire.

Job 13:21Remove thy hand far from me; and let not thy dread terrify me.

Job 13:24Wherefore wilt thou hide thy face, and regard me as an enemy unto thee?

Job 19:7Behold, I cry out concerning the violence [done me], but I am not answered: I entreat aloud, but there is no justice.

Job 19:23Oh who would but grant, that my words might be written down! oh who would grant that they were entered in a book!

Job 27:7Like the wicked is [therefore] my enemy, and he that riseth up against me like a wrong-doer.

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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