Job 31:35

Who giveth to me a hearing? lo, my mark. The Mighty One doth answer me, And a bill hath mine adversary written.

Young's Literal Translation

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

34Because I fear a great multitude, And the contempt of families doth affright me, Then I am silent, I go not out of the opening.

36If not — on my shoulder I take it up, I bind it a crown on myself.

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Cross References

Job 13:3Yet I for the Mighty One do speak, And to argue for God I delight.

Job 13:21Thy hand put far off from me, And Thy terror let not terrify me.

Job 13:24Why dost Thou hide Thy face? And reckonest me for an enemy to Thee?

Job 19:7Lo, I cry out — violence, and am not answered, I cry aloud, and there is no judgment.

Job 19:23Who doth grant now, That my words may be written? Who doth grant that in a book they may be graven?

Job 27:7As the wicked is my enemy, And my withstander as the 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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