Job 31:35 · 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. {my...: or, my sign is that the Almighty will}”
— Job 31:35
Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, {and} went not out of the door?
Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, {and} bind it {as} a crown to me.
Job 31 — Context
If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom: {as Adam: or, after the manner of men}
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?
35Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire {is, that} the Almighty would answer me, and {that} mine adversary had written a book. {my...: or, my sign is that the Almighty will}
36Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, {and} bind it {as} a crown to me.
37I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
Cross References
Job 40:4-5
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
Job 13:21-22
Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.
Job 13:3
Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
Job 35:14
Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, {yet} judgment {is} before him; therefore trust thou in him.
Job 38:1-3
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Job 13:24
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
Job 33:6
Behold, I {am} according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay. {wish: Heb. mouth} {formed: Heb. cut}
Job 19:7
Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but {there is} no judgment. {wrong: or, violence}