Job 19:23
Who grants now, that my words may be written? Who grants that they may be inscribed in a scroll?
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!
In Context
22Why do you pursue me as God? And are not satisfied with my flesh?
24With a pen of iron and lead—They may be hewn in a rock forever.
Cross References
Isaiah 8:1And YHWH says to me, “Take a great tablet to yourself, and write on it with an engraving tool of man, || To hurry spoil, enjoy prey.”
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 →