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Job: My Redeemer Lives

Job 19:23

In 11 translations

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!Oh…: Heb. Who will give, etc
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!
LSV
Who grants now, that my words may be written? Who grants that they may be inscribed in a scroll?
YLT
Who doth grant now, That my words may be written? Who doth grant that in a book they may be graven?
DBY
Oh would that my words were written! oh that they were inscribed in a book!
DRC
Who will grant me that my words may be written? Who will grant me that they may be marked down in a book?
GNV
Oh that my wordes were nowe written! oh that they were written euen in a booke,
JPS
Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
LXXE
For oh that my words were written, and that they were recorded in a book for ever,

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Original-language editions

WLC
מִֽי־יִתֵּ֣ן אֵ֭פוֹ וְיִכָּתְב֣וּן מִלָּ֑י מִֽי־יִתֵּ֖ן בַּסֵּ֣פֶר וְיֻחָֽקוּ׃
LXX-Br
Τίς γὰρ ἂν δοίη γραφῆναι τὰ ῥήματά μου, τεθῆναι δὲ αὐτὰ ἐν βιβλίῳ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα,

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 30:8Go 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.
  • 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.
  • Isaiah 8:1Then the LORD said to me, “Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary stylus: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.

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