Job 31:35
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?
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 a prince would I go near unto him.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- (Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment.
- KJV
- Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
- WEB
- oh that I had one to hear me! Behold, here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me! Let the accuser write my indictment!
- ASV
- Oh that I had one to hear me! (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me); And [that I had] the indictment which mine adversary hath written!
- DARBY
- Oh that I had one to hear me! Behold my signature: let the Almighty answer me! And let mine opponent write an accusation!
- BLB
- (Who will give to me one listening to me? Behold, my mark and let Shaddai answer me! And the bill the man of my dispute that has written!
- ÅB
- Å, om jeg hadde noen som ville høre på meg! Se, her er min underskrift[^4], la den Allmektige svare meg! Å, om jeg hadde det skrift min motpart har satt opp!
- OTB
- Å, at jeg hadde noen til å høre meg!
Her er mitt merke;
La Den Allmektige svare meg!
Og anklagen som min motstander har skrevet, - B1930
- Å, om jeg hadde nogen som vilde høre på mig! Se, her er min underskrift, la den Allmektige svare mig! Å, om jeg hadde det skrift min motpart har satt op! / < mitt underskrevne innlegg i saken.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 40:4–5
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
Read in contextJob 13:21–22
Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.
Read in contextJob 23:3–7
Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
Read in contextJob 13:3
Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
Read in contextJob 35:14
Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.
Read in contextJob 38:1–3
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Read in contextJob 17:3
Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
Read in contextJob 33:6
Behold, I am according to thy wish in God’s stead: I also am formed out of the clay.
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