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.
O that one would heare me! ‖beholde, my desire is, that the Almightie would answere me, and that mine aduersary had written a booke.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- ‖Alternative wordingOr, behold my signe is that the Almightie will answere mee.
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- Job 13:21–22Rank 1 from verse 35
- Job 40:4–5Rank 2 from verse 35
4Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
5Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
4Behold, I am vile, what shall I answere thee? I wil lay my hand vpon my mouth.
5Once haue I spoken, but I will not answere: yea twise, but I will proceed no further.
- Job 19:23–24Rank 6 from verse 35
- Job 23:3–7Rank 8 from verse 35
3Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
4I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
5I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
6Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
7There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
3O that I knewe where I might find him! that I might come euen to his seate!
4I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
5I would know the words which he would answere me, and vnderstand what he would say vnto me.
6Will he plead against me with his great power? No, but hee would put strength in me.
7There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be deliuered for euer from my Iudge.
- Job 38:1–3Rank 11 from verse 35
1THEN the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
2Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
3Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
1¶ Then the LORD answered Iob out of the whirlewind, and sayd,
2Who is this that darkneth counsell by words without knowledge?
3Gird vp nowe thy loines like a man; for I will demaund of thee, and †answere thou me.
- Job 33:10–11Rank 15 from verse 35
- Matthew 5:25Rank 16 from verse 35
25Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
25*Agree with thine aduersarie quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him: least at any time the aduersarie deliuer thee to the iudge, and the iudge deliuer thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
- Psalms 26:1Rank 17 from verse 35
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Job 31:35
Sense 1: To perceive sound or spoken words. Sense 2: To receive or learn by report. Sense 3: To listen to, regard, or heed. Sense 4: To attend favourably to a request.
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1. Used as an attention word or command directing someone to look at or take notice of the person, thing, statement, or event presented: look; see; take notice. 2. As a verb, to look upon, see, observe, or witness.
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Sense 1: A wish, longing, request, pleasure, or thing wished for. Sense 2: To wish for, long for, request, or take pleasure in.
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Possessing all power; omnipotent. As a title, the Almighty God.
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Sense 1: A reply or response. Sense 2: As a verb, to reply, respond, or give account.
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An opponent or enemy; one who resists or accuses.
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Past-tense or past-participial form of write (to set down, record, or communicate in letters or writing).
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34Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
34Did I feare a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrifie me: that I kept silence, and went not out of the doore?
35Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
35O that one would heare me! ‖beholde, my desire is, that the Almightie would answere me, and that mine aduersary had written a booke.
Selected passage36Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
36Surely I would take it vpon my shoulder, and bind it as a crowne to me.