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Job 19:23

21 Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.

22 Why do you persecute me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?

I wish that my words were recorded and inscribed in a book,

24 by an iron stylus on lead, or chiseled in stone forever.

25 But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
I wish that my words were recorded and inscribed in a book,
KJV
Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!
WEB
“Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
ASV
Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
DARBY
Oh would that my words were written! oh that they were inscribed in a book!
BLB
Who will grant now that my words should be written? Who will grant [that] they be inscribed in a book,
ÅB
Men gid mine ord måtte bli oppskrevet! Gid de måtte bli opptegnet i en bok,
OTB
«Å, at mine ord var nedskrevet,
at de var inngravert i en bok,
B1930
Men gid mine ord måtte bli opskrevet! Gid de måtte bli optegnet i en bok,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 30:8

    Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the days to come, a witness forever and ever.

    Read in context

  • Job 31:35

    (Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment.

    Read in context

  • Isaiah 8:1

    Then the LORD said to me, “Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary stylus: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.

    Read in context