Job 31:35

In 11 translations

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.my…: or, my sign is that the Almighty will

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!

LSV

Who gives to me a hearing? Behold, my mark. The Mighty One answers me, || And my adversary has written a bill.

YLT

Who giveth to me a hearing? lo, my mark. The Mighty One doth answer me, And a bill hath mine adversary written.

DBY

Oh that I had one to hear me! Behold my signature: let the Almighty answer me! And let mine opponent write an accusation!

DRC

Who would grant me a hearer, that the Almighty may hear my desire; and that he himself that judgeth would write a book,

GNV

Oh that I had some to heare me! beholde my signe that the Almightie will witnesse for me: though mine aduersary should write a booke against me,

JPS

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!

LXXE

(Oh that I had a hearer,) and if I had not feared the hand of the Lord; and as to the written charge which I had against any one,

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WLC

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

LXX-Br

Τίς δῴη ἀκούοντά μου; χεῖρα δὲ Κυρίου εἰ μὴ ἐδεδοίκειν· συγγραφὴν δὲ ἣν εἶχον κατά τινος,

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Cross-references most cited first

• Job 40:4–5“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth. I have spoken once, but I have no answer— twice, but I have nothing to add.”
• Job 13:21–22Withdraw Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me. Then call me, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You can reply.
• Job 38:1–3Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said: “Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge? Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.
• Job 13:3Yet I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God.
• Job 35:14How much less, then, when you say that you do not see Him, that your case is before Him and you must wait for Him,
• Job 19:23–24I wish that my words were recorded and inscribed in a book, by an iron stylus on lead, or chiseled in stone forever.
• Job 19:7Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.
• Job 17:3Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor?
• Job 33:6I am just like you before God; I was also formed from clay.
• Job 13:24Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?
• Job 23:3–7If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat. I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments. I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say. Would He contend…
• Job 30:28I go about blackened, but not by the sun. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.
• Job 19:11His anger burns against me, and He counts me among His enemies.
• Psalms 26:1Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.
• Job 33:10–11Yet God finds occasions against me; He counts me as His enemy. He puts my feet in the stocks; He watches over all my paths.’
• Matthew 5:25Reconcile quickly with your adversary, while you are still on the way to court. Otherwise, he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison.

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