Job 31:35

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

33If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom: 34Did 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. 36Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me. 37I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.

Job 31:35 word by word

מִ֤י יִתֶּן־לִ֨י׀ שֹׁ֘מֵ֤עַֽ לִ֗י הֶן־תָּ֭וִי שַׁדַּ֣י יַעֲנֵ֑נִי וְסֵ֥פֶר כָּ֝תַ֗ב אִ֣ישׁ רִיבִֽי׃Read the interlinear

• 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 13:3Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
• Job 17:3Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
• Job 23:3Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
• Job 33:6Behold, I am according to thy wish in God’s stead: I also am formed out of the clay.
• Job 38:1Then Yhwh answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
• Job 40:4Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
• Job 13:21Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.
• Psalms 26:1Judge me, O Yhwh; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in Yhwh; therefore I shall not slide.
• Job 13:24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
• Job 19:11He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.
• Job 33:10Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,
• Matthew 5:25Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast 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

Topics related to Job 31:35

• Integrity

In the dictionaries

• Bosom
• Instead
• Lift
• Root
• Adversary
• Charm
• Elihu (2)
• Forehead
• Job, Book of
• Mark

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