Listen carefully to my words, and let my declaration be in your ears.
Job 31:35 - New Revised 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! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Oh that one would hear me! Behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, And that mine adversary had written a book. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Oh, for a hearing! Oh, for an answer from the Almighty! Let my adversary write out His indictment [and put His vague accusations in tangible form] in a book! American Standard Version (1901) 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! Common English Bible Oh, that I had someone to hear me! Here’s my signature; let the Almighty respond, and let my accuser write an indictment. Catholic Public Domain Version then, would he grant me a hearing, so that the Almighty would listen to my desire, and he who judges would himself write a book, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Who would grant me a hearer, that the Almighty may hear my desire; and that he himself that judgeth would write a book, |
Listen carefully to my words, and let my declaration be in your ears.
But I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God.
“Lay down a pledge for me with yourself; who is there that will give surety for me?
Even when I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I am not answered; I call aloud, but there is no justice.
“May my enemy be like the wicked, and may my opponent be like the unrighteous.
I cry to you and you do not answer me; I stand, and you merely look at me.
“Surely one does not turn against the needy, when in disaster they cry for help.
I go about in sunless gloom; I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.
Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; I would bind it on me like a crown;
See, before God I am as you are; I too was formed from a piece of clay.
How much less when you say that you do not see him, that the case is before him, and you are waiting for him!
“Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Anyone who argues with God must respond.”
Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted in the Lord without wavering.
Come to terms quickly with your accuser while you are on the way to court with him, or your accuser may hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you will be thrown into prison.