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Job 31:35

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35iOh that one would hear me!

||Behold, my desire is, that kthe Almighty would answer me,

And that mine adversary lhad written a book.

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Footnotes

  1. iComp. ch. 33:6.
  2. ||Or, Behold, my sign is that the Almighty will answer me. Ezek. 9:4 marg.
  3. kch. 13:22.
  4. lComp. ch. 19:23.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Oh, that I had one to hear me!

(Here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me!)

Oh, that I had the indictment written by my adversary!

NIVNew International Version (2011)

(“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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

If only I had someone to hear my case!

Here is my signature; let the Almighty answer me.

Let my Opponent compose his indictment.

NLTNew Living Translation

“If only someone would listen to me!

Look, I will sign my name to my defense.

Let the Almighty answer me.

Let my accuser write out the charges against me.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

O that I had someone hearing me!

Here is my signature;

let Shaddai answer me!

As for the written communication that my adversary has written,