Job 31:35
Bible › Job › Chapter 31 › Verse 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.(Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment.
In other translations
Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.(Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment.
Hebrew words
מִיmiwho?H4310יִתֶּן־yiten-will he giveH5414לִי׀li[will belong] to meשֹׁמֵעַshomea'[one who] listensH8085לִיlito meהֶן־hen-here!H2005תָּוִיtavimark myH8420שַׁדַּיshadai[the] AlmightyH7706יַעֲנֵנִיya'anenilet him answer meH6030וְסֵפֶרveseferand a documentH5612כָּתַבkatav[which] he had writtenH3789אִישׁ'ish[the] person ofH376רִיבִי׃rivicase myH7379
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Job 40:4-54 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. 5 Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.4 “Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth. 5 I have spoken once, but I have no answer— twice, but I have nothing to add.”
- Job 13:21-2221 Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid. 22 Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.21 Withdraw Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me. 22 Then call me, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You can reply.
- Job 19:7Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.
- Job 33:6Behold, I am according to thy wish in God’s stead: I also am formed out of the clay.I am just like you before God; I was also formed from clay.
- Job 13:3Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.Yet I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God.
- Job 35:14Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.How 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 13:24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?
- Job 23:3-73 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! 4 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. 5 I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me. 6 Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.3 If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat. 4 I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments. 5 I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say. 6 Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.
- Job 17:3Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor?
- Job 38:1-31 Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, 2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? 3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said: 2 “Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge? 3 Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.
Cross-references from OpenBible.info, most-voted first.