Job 19:23
Oh, then, that my words, could be written, Oh that, in a record, they could be inscribed:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!
In Context
22Wherefore should ye persecute me as GOD? and, with my flesh, should not he satisfied?
24That, with a stylus of iron and [with] lead, for all time—in the rock, they could be graven!
Cross References
Isaiah 8:1And Yahweh said unto me: Take thee a large tablet,—and write thereon in plain characters, To Maher-shalal-hash-baz. ["Speed-spoil-hurry-prey".]
Matthew Henry on Job 19:9-23
Job Complains of God's Displeasure; Job Complains of His Friends. ( b. c. 1520.) 8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths. 9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head. 10 He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree. 11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies. 12 His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my… Read the whole commentary →