Job 31:35

מִי יִתֶּן ־ לִי ׀ שֹׁמֵעַֽ לִי הֶן ־ תָּוִי שַׁדַּי יַעֲנֵנִי וְסֵפֶר כָּתַב אִישׁ רִיבִֽי ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

34כִּי אֶֽעֱרוֹץ ׀ הָמוֹן רַבָּה וּבוּז ־ מִשְׁפָּחוֹת יְחִתֵּנִי וָאֶדֹּם לֹא ־ אֵצֵא פָֽתַח ׃

36אִם ־ לֹא עַל ־ שִׁכְמִי אֶשָּׂאֶנּוּ אֶֽעֶנְדֶנּוּ עֲטָרוֹת לִֽי ׃

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Cross References

Job 13:3אוּלָם אֲנִי אֶל ־ שַׁדַּי אֲדַבֵּר וְהוֹכֵחַ אֶל ־ אֵל אֶחְפָּֽץ ׃

Job 13:21כַּפְּךָ מֵעָלַי הַרְחַק וְאֵמָתְךָ אַֽל ־ תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּי ׃

Job 13:24לָֽמָּה ־ פָנֶיךָ תַסְתִּיר וְתַחְשְׁבֵנִי לְאוֹיֵב לָֽךְ ׃

Job 19:7הֵן אֶצְעַק חָמָס וְלֹא אֵעָנֶה אֲשַׁוַּע וְאֵין מִשְׁפָּֽט ׃

Job 19:23מִֽי ־ יִתֵּן אֵפוֹ וְיִכָּתְבוּן מִלָּי מִֽי ־ יִתֵּן בַּסֵּפֶר וְיֻחָֽקוּ ׃

Job 27:7יְהִי כְרָשָׁע אֹיְבִי וּמִתְקוֹמְמִי כְעַוָּֽל ׃

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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