Job 31:35

Oh that I had one to hear me, Lo! my crossmark, May, the Almighty, answer me! And would that, a book, mine opponent had written!

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

34Then let me be made to tremble at a great throng, yea let, the contempt of families, terrify me, so that, keeping silence, I shall not go out of the door!

36Oh! would I not, upon my shoulder, lift it, or bind it as a crown upon me;

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Cross References

Job 13:3But indeed, I, unto the Almighty, would speak, and, to direct my argument unto GOD, would I be well pleased.

Job 13:21Thy hand—from off me, take thou far away, and, thy terror, let it not startle me!

Job 13:24Wherefore, thy face, shouldst thou hide? Or count me, as an enemy to thee?

Job 19:7Lo! I cry—out: Violence! but receive no answer, I cry aloud, but there is no vindication;

Job 19:23Oh, then, that my words, could be written, Oh that, in a record, they could be inscribed:

Job 27:7Let mine enemy be a veritably lawless one! And, he that lifteth himself up against me, one veritably perverse!

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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