King James 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."
— Job 31:35, King James 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! ”
“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 stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.
If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
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?
Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;