World English Bible
"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 31:35, World English Bible
“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! (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me) Andthat I hadthe indictment which mine adversary hath written! ”
“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 foreigner has not lodged in the street, but I have opened my doors to the traveler);
if like Adam I have covered my transgressions, by hiding my iniquity in my heart,
because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and didn't go out of the door--
oh that I had one to hear me! (behold, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me); let the accuser write my indictment!
Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; and I would bind it to me as a crown.
I would declare to him the number of my steps. as a prince would I go near to him.
If my land cries out against me, and its furrows weep together;