Job 31:35 BSB — MannaFest

Job 31:35

(Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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!

KJV

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

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Commentary

1 voice

Gregory the Dialogist

Morals on the Book of Job, Book XXII (604)

Who would give me a helper that the Almighty might hear my desire. The holy man after he related so many high achievements of the virtues in him, knowing well that he cannot attain to the things on high by his own deserts, seeks for a helper. And whom verily does he fix his eye on but the Only-begotten Son of God, Who whereas He took upon Him human nature travailing in this mortal state, did give help?

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Had written - Had given me his charge written in a book or paper, as the manner was in judicial proceedings. This shews that Job did not live, before letters were in use.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

But an upright heart does particularly desire to be determined in every thing by the judgment of God, which we are sure is according to the truth. It was holy David's prayer, Search me, O God! and know my heart; and it was blessed Paul's comfort, He that judgeth me is the Lord.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

"Behold my sign," that is, my mark of subscription to the statements just given in my defense: the mark of signature was originally a cross; and hence the letter Tau or T. Translate, also "Oh, that the Almighty," &c. He marks "God" as the "One" meant in the first clause. adversary--that is, he who contends with me, refers also to God.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
מִ֤י	mi	who?	H4310 →
יִתֶּן־	yi.ten-	will he give	H5414 →
לִ֨י׀	li	[will belong] to me
שֹׁ֘מֵ֤עַֽ	sho.Me.a'	[one who] listens	H8085 →
לִ֗י	Li	to me
הֶן־	hen-	here!	H2005 →
תָּ֭וִי	Ta.vi	mark my	H8420 →
שַׁדַּ֣י	sha.Dai	[the] Almighty	H7706 →
יַעֲנֵ֑נִי	ya.'a.Ne.ni	let him answer me	H6030 →
וְסֵ֥פֶר	ve.Se.fer	and a document	H5612 →
כָּ֝תַ֗ב	ka.Tav	[which] he had written	H3789 →
אִ֣ישׁ	'ish	[the] person of	H376 →
רִיבִֽי׃	ri.Vi	case my	H7379 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Job 13:24
Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?
leads to
- Job 19:11
  His anger burns against me, and He counts me among His enemies.
- Psalms 13:1
  How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
- Lamentations 2:5
  The Lord is like an enemy; He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for the Daughter of Judah.
- Job 33:10
  Yet God finds occasions against me; He counts me as His enemy.
- Psalms 88:14
  Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?
Through
Job 33:6
I am just like you before God; I was also formed from clay.
leads to
- Job 4:19
  how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth!
- Job 10:9
  Please remember that You molded me like clay. Would You now return me to dust?
- 2 Corinthians 5:1
  Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.

About Job

Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Job

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Job