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

Oh

Job 13:3 But yet I will speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

Job 17:3 Deliver me, O Lord, and set me beside thee, and let any man's hand fight against me.

Job 23:3-7 Who will grant me that I might know and find him, and come even to his throne? . . .

Job 33:6 Behold God hath made me as well as thee, and of the same clay I also was formed.

Job 38:1-3 Then the Lord answered Job out of a whirlwind, and said: . . .

Job 40:4,5 What can I answer, who hath spoken inconsiderately? I will lay my hand upon my mouth. . . .

Job 13:21,22 Withdraw thy hand far from me, and let not thy dread terrify me. . . .

Psalm 26:1 Unto the end, a psalm for David. Judge me, O Lord, for I have walked in my innocence: and I have put my trust in the Lord, and shall not be weakened.

mine

Job 13:24 Why hidest thou thy face, and thinkest me thy enemy?

Job 19:11,23,24 His wrath is kindled against me, and he hath counted me as his enemy. . . .

Job 33:10,11 Because he hath found complaints against me, therefore he hath counted me for his enemy. . . .

Matthew 5:25 Be at agreement with thy adversary betimes, whilst thou art in the way with him: lest perhaps the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.

Context
Job's Final Appeal
34If I have been afraid at a very great multitude, and the contempt of kinsmen hath terrified me: and have not rather held my peace, and not gone out of the door. 35Who would grant me a hearing, that the Almighty may hear my desire: and that he himself that judgeth would write a book,36That I may carry it on my shoulder, and put it about me as a crown?…
Cross References
Job 19:7
Behold I shall cry suffering violence, and no one will hear: I shall cry aloud, and there is none to judge.

Job 27:7
Let my enemy be as the ungodly, and my adversary as the wicked one.

Job 30:20
I cry to thee, and thou hearest me not: I stand up, and thou dost not regard me.

Job 30:24
But yet thou stretchest not forth thy hand to their consumption: and if they shall fall down thou wilt save.

Job 31:36
That I may carry it on my shoulder, and put it about me as a crown?

Job 35:14
Yea, when thou shalt say: He considereth not: be judged before him, and expect him.

Job 40:2
Shall he that contendeth with God be so easily silenced? surely he that reproveth God, ought to answer him.

Lexicon
Oh, that
מִ֤י (mî)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix

I had
יִתֶּן־ (yit·ten-)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

one to hear
לִ֨י ׀ (lî)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

me!
שֹׁ֘מֵ֤עַֽ (šō·mê·a‘)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 8085: To hear intelligently

Here is
הֶן־ (hen-)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2005: Lo! behold!

my signature—
תָּ֭וִי (tā·wî)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8420: A mark, a signature

let the Almighty
שַׁדַּ֣י (šad·day)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7706: The Almighty

answer me;
יַעֲנֵ֑נִי (ya·‘ă·nê·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6030: To answer, respond

let my accuser
אִ֣ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

compose
כָּ֝תַ֗ב (kā·ṯaḇ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3789: To grave, to write

His indictment.
וְסֵ֥פֶר (wə·sê·p̄er)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5612: A missive, document, writing, book


Additional Translations
Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature—let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose His indictment.Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that my adversary had written a book.

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!

(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,

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

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!

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

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

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