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Job 19:23

21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

22 Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?

Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!

24 That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!

25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day 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

    Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:

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  • 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.

    Read in context

  • Isaiah 8:1

    Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man’s pen concerning Maher-shalal-hash-baz.

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