Job 31:35
Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
King James Version
In Context
36Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
Cross References
Job 13:3Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
Job 13:21Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.
Job 13:24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
Job 19:7Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
Job 19:23Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!
Job 27:7Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me 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 →