35("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.


In Context

32 but no stranger had to spend the night in the street, for my door was always open to the traveler-

33 if I have concealed my sin as men do, by hiding my guilt in my heart

34 because I so feared the crowd and so dreaded the contempt of the clans that I kept silent and would not go outside

35 ("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.

36 Surely I would wear it on my shoulder, I would put it on like a crown.

37 I would give him an account of my every step; like a prince I would approach him.)-

Job 31:35 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

31:35Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire [is, that] the Almighty would answer me, and [that] mine adversary had written a book.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

31:35Who would grant me a hearer, that the Almighty may hear my desire; and that he himself that judgeth would write a book,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

31:35Oh 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!

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:35Oh that I had one to hear me! Behold my signature: let the Almighty answer me! And let mine opponent write an accusation!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

31:35Oh 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!

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:35Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that my adversary had written a book.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:35oh that I had one to hear me! (behold, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me); let the accuser write my indictment!

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

31:35Who giveth to me a hearing? lo, my mark. The Mighty One doth answer me, And a bill hath mine adversary written.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

31:35Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that my adversary had written a book.