Job 31:35

Who gives to me a hearing? Behold, my mark. The Mighty One answers me, || And my adversary has written a bill.

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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 fear a great multitude, || And the contempt of families frightens me, || Then I am silent, I do not go out of the opening.

36If not—on my shoulder I take it up, || I bind it [as] a crown on myself.

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Cross References

Job 13:3Yet I speak for the Mighty One, || And I delight to argue for God.

Job 13:21Put Your hand far off from me, || And do not let Your terror terrify me.

Job 13:24Why do You hide Your face? And reckon me for an enemy to You?

Job 19:7Behold, I cry out—violence, and am not answered, I cry aloud, and there is no judgment.

Job 19:23Who grants now, that my words may be written? Who grants that they may be inscribed in a scroll?

Job 27:7My enemy is as the wicked, || And my withstander as the perverse.

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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