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Job 31:35

Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.

KJV

Quis mihi tribuat auditorem, ut desiderium meum audiat Omnipotens, et librum scribat ipse qui judicat,

Vulgate

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

LXX

Oh that I had one to hear me! (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me) Andthat I hadthe indictment which mine adversary hath written!

ASV

מִ֤י יִתֶּן לִ֨/י שֹׁ֘מֵ֤עַֽ לִ֗/י הֶן תָּ֭וִ/י שַׁדַּ֣י יַעֲנֵ֑/נִי וְ/סֵ֥פֶר כָּ֝תַ֗ב אִ֣ישׁ רִיבִֽ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
כְּתוּבִ֗ים
ktvbym
verb · 225×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
מִ֣י
my
particle · 420×
נִ֨י
ny
pronoun · 313×
נִי
ny
verb · 325×
סֵ֛פֶר
spr
noun · 188×
רִ֥יב
ryb
noun · 61×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×
שַׁדַּ֣י
shdy
proper_noun · 48×
תָּ֜ו
tv
noun · 3×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Hab 2:1 — I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
  • Job 9:19 — If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
  • Job 13:3 — Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
  • Job 13:3 — Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
  • Job 13:21 — Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.
  • Job 13:24 — Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
  • Job 16:21 — O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
  • Job 17:3 — Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
  • Job 19:7 — Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
  • Job 19:7 — Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
  • Job 19:23 — Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!
  • Job 23:3 — Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
  • Job 23:3 — Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
  • Job 33:6 — Behold, I am according to thy wish in God’s stead: I also am formed out of the clay.
  • Job 35:14 — Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.
  • Job 38:1 — Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
  • Job 40:4 — Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.