Job 31:35

Oh that I had some to heare me! beholde my signe that the Almightie will witnesse for me: though mine aduersary should write a booke against me,

Geneva Bible 1599

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

34Though I could haue made afraid a great multitude, yet the most contemptible of the families did feare me: so I kept silence, and went not out of the doore.

36Woulde not I take it vpon my shoulder, and binde it as a crowne vnto me?

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Cross References

Job 13:3But I will speake to the Almightie, and I desire to dispute with God.

Job 13:21Withdrawe thine hande from me, and let not thy feare make me afraide.

Job 13:24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and takest me for thine enemie?

Job 19:7Beholde, I crie out of violence, but I haue none answere: I crie, but there is no iudgement.

Job 19:23Oh that my wordes were nowe written! oh that they were written euen in a booke,

Job 27:7Mine enemie shall be as the wicked, and he that riseth against me, as the vnrighteous.

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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