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Job 31:35
35Oh, that I had one to listen to me! Look, here is my signature (mark); Let the Almighty answer me! Let my adversary write out His indictment [and put His vague accusations in tangible form].
Job 31:35 in other versions
- King James Version (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.
- New International Version (NIV)(“Oh, that I had someone to hear me! I sign now my defense—let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser put his indictment in writing.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Oh, that I had one to hear me! (Here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me!) Oh, that I had the indictment written by my adversary!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my mark. Oh, that the Almighty would answer me, That my Prosecutor had written a book!
Context of Job 31:35
33Have I concealed my transgressions like Adam or like other men, By hiding my wickedness in my bosom, 34Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, So that I kept silence and did not acknowledge my sin and did not go out of the door? Oh, that I had one to listen to me! Look, here is my signature (mark); Let the Almighty answer me! Let my adversary write out His indictment [and put His vague accusations in tangible form]. 36Surely I would [proudly] bear it on my shoulder, And bind the scroll around my head like a crown. 37I would count out to Him the number of my steps [with every detail of my life], Approaching His presence as if I were a prince.
Read all of Job 31Job 31:35 word by word
מִ֤י יִתֶּן־לִ֨י׀ שֹׁ֘מֵ֤עַֽ לִ֗י הֶן־תָּ֭וִי שַׁדַּ֣י יַעֲנֵ֑נִי וְסֵ֥פֶר כָּ֝תַ֗ב אִ֣ישׁ רִיבִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Oh thatנָתַןnâthan · to give: if only!H5414
- one would hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
- me! behold, my desireתָּוtâv · markH8420
- the Almightyשַׁדַּיshadday · AlmightyH7706
- would answerעָנָה‛ânâh · to answerH6030
- mine adversaryרִיבrîyb rib · strifeH7379
- mine adversaryאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
- had writtenכָּתַבkâthab · to writeH3789
- a bookסֵ֫פֶרsêpher siphrâh · scroll: documentH5612
Cross-references for Job 31:35
- Job 13:3“But I wish to speak to the Almighty, And I desire to argue with God.
- Job 17:3“Give me a pledge (guarantee, promise) with Yourself [acknowledge my innocence before my death]; Who is there that will be my guarantor and give security for me?
- Job 23:3Oh, that I knew where I might find Him, That I might [even] come to His seat!
- Job 33:6Behold, I belong to God like you; I too was formed out of the clay.
- Job 38:1Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
- Job 40:4“Behold, I am of little importance and contemptible; what can I reply to You? I lay my hand on my mouth.
- Job 13:21Withdraw Your hand from me and remove this bodily suffering, And let not the dread of You terrify me.
- Psalms 26:1Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity; I have [relied on and] trusted [confidently] in the Lord without wavering and I shall not slip.
- Job 13:24Why do You hide Your face [as if offended] And consider me Your enemy?
- Job 19:11He has also kindled His wrath [like a fire] against me And He considers and counts me as one of His adversaries.
- Job 33:10Behold, God finds pretexts against me; He counts me as His enemy.
- Matthew 5:25Come to terms quickly [at the earliest opportunity] with your opponent at law while you are with him on the way [to court], so that your opponent does not hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you are thrown into prison.
Commentaries on Job 31:35
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 35O that one would hear me! - I wish to have a fair and full hearing: I am grievously accused; and have no proper opportunity of clearing myself, and establishing my own innocence. Behold, my desire is - Or, תוי הן hen tavi, "There is my pledge." I bind myself, on a great penalty, to come into court, and abide the issue. That the Almighty would answer me - That he would call this case immediately before himself; and oblige my adversary to come into court…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 35O that one would hear me! - This refers undoubtedly to God. It is, literally, “Who will give to me one hearing me;” and the wish is that which he has so often expressed, that he might get his cause fairly before God. He feels assured that there would be a favorable verdict, if there could be a fair judicial investigation; compare the notes at Job 13:3. Behold, my desire is - Margin, “Or, my sign is that the Almighty will answer me.‘” The word rendered in…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 33-40Verses 33-40 Job clears himself from the charge of hypocrisy. We are loth to confess our faults, willing to excuse them, and to lay the blame upon others. But he that thus covers his sins, shall not prosper, Pr 28:13. He speaks of his courage in what is good, as an evidence of his sincerity in it. When men get estates unjustly, they are justly deprived of comfort from them; it was sown wheat, but shall come up thistles. What men do not come honestly by…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 35Here is my signature: Job wanted to make the events official (19:23–24).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3535. Job returns to his wish (Job 13:22; 19:23). Omit "is"; "Behold my sign," that is, my mark of subscription to the statements just given in my defense: the mark of signature was originally a cross; and hence the letter Tau or T. Translate, also "Oh, that the Almighty," &c. He marks "God" as the "One" meant in the first clause. adversary--that is, he who contends with me, refers also to God. The vagueness is designed to express "whoever it be that…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 31
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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