Job 31:35

oh that I had one to hear me! Behold, here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me! Let the accuser write my indictment!

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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 feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and didn’t go out of the door—

36Surely I would carry it on my shoulder, and I would bind it to me as a crown.

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Cross References

Job 13:3“Surely I would speak to the Almighty. I desire to reason with God.

Job 13:21withdraw your hand far from me, and don’t let your terror make me afraid.

Job 13:24Why do you hide your face, and consider me your enemy?

Job 19:7“Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard. I cry for help, but there is no justice.

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

Job 27:7“Let my enemy be as the wicked. Let him who rises 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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