American Standard Version
"Oh that I had one to hear me! (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me) Andthat I hadthe indictment which mine adversary hath written! "
— Job 31:35, American Standard Version
“Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine 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!”
“Job’s Appeal“If only I had someone to hear me! Here is my signature– let the Almighty answer me! If only I had an indictment that my accuser had written.”
“Who would grant me a hearing, that the Almighty may hear my desire: and that he himself that judgeth would write a book,”
“If only God would give ear to me, and the Ruler of all would give me an answer! or if what he has against me had been put in writing!”
“Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.”
(The sojourner hath not lodged in the street; But I have opened my doors to the traveller);
If like Adam I have covered my transgressions, By hiding mine iniquity in my bosom,
Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, So that I kept silence, and went not out of the door—
Oh that I had one to hear me! (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me) Andthat I hadthe indictment which mine adversary hath written!
Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown:
I would declare unto him the number of my steps; As a prince would I go near unto him.
If my land crieth out against me, And the furrows thereof weep together;