Job 31:35

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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!

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 13:21-22 : 21 Take your hand far away from me; and let me not be overcome by fear of you. 22 Then at the sound of your voice I will give answer; or let me put forward my cause for you to give me an answer.
  • Job 19:23-24 : 23 If only my words might be recorded! if they might be put in writing in a book! 24 And with an iron pen and lead be cut into the rock for ever!
  • Job 23:3-7 : 3 If only I had knowledge of where he might be seen, so that I might come even to his seat! 4 I would put my cause in order before him, and my mouth would be full of arguments. 5 I would see what his answers would be, and have knowledge of what he would say to me. 6 Would he make use of his great power to overcome me? No, but he would give attention to me. 7 There an upright man might put his cause before him; and I would be free for ever from my judge.
  • Job 27:7 : 7 Let my hater be like the evil man, and let him who comes against me be as the sinner.
  • Job 30:28 : 28 I go about in dark clothing, uncomforted; I get up in the public place, crying out for help.
  • Job 33:6 : 6 See, I am the same as you are in the eyes of God; I was cut off from the same bit of wet earth.
  • Job 33:10-11 : 10 See, he is looking for something against me; in his eyes I am as one of his haters; 11 He puts chains on my feet; he is watching all my ways.
  • Job 35:14 : 14 How much less when you say that you do not see him; that the cause is before him, and you are waiting for him.
  • Job 38:1-3 : 1 And the Lord made answer to Job out of the storm-wind, and said, 2 Who is this who makes the purpose of God dark by words without knowledge? 3 Get your strength together like a man of war; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.
  • Job 40:4-5 : 4 Have you an arm like God? have you a voice of thunder like his? 5 Put on the ornaments of your pride; be clothed with glory and power:
  • Ps 26:1 : 1 <Of David.> O Lord, be my judge, for my behaviour has been upright: I have put my faith in the Lord, I am not in danger of slipping.
  • Matt 5:25 : 25 Come to an agreement quickly with him who has a cause against you at law, while you are with him on the way, for fear that he may give you up to the judge and the judge may give you to the police and you may be put into prison.
  • Job 13:24 : 24 Why is your face veiled from me, as if I was numbered among your haters?
  • Job 17:3 : 3 Be pleased, now, to be responsible for me to yourself; for there is no other who will put his hand in mine.
  • Job 19:7 : 7 Truly, I make an outcry against the violent man, but there is no answer: I give a cry for help, but no one takes up my cause.
  • Job 19:11 : 11 His wrath is burning against me, and I am to him as one of his haters.
  • Job 13:3 : 3 But I would have talk with the Ruler of all, and my desire is to have an argument with God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 23:3-7
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    78%

    3 If only I had knowledge of where he might be seen, so that I might come even to his seat!

    4 I would put my cause in order before him, and my mouth would be full of arguments.

    5 I would see what his answers would be, and have knowledge of what he would say to me.

    6 Would he make use of his great power to overcome me? No, but he would give attention to me.

    7 There an upright man might put his cause before him; and I would be free for ever from my judge.

  • Job 6:8-10
    3 verses
    77%

    8 If only I might have an answer to my prayer, and God would give me my desire!

    9 If only he would be pleased to put an end to me; and would let loose his hand, so that I might be cut off!

    10 So I would still have comfort, and I would have joy in the pains of death, for I have not been false to the words of the Holy One.

  • Job 31:36-38
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    36 Truly I would take up the book in my hands; it would be to me as a crown;

    37 I would make clear the number of my steps, I would put it before him like a prince! The words of Job are ended.

    38 If my land has made an outcry against me, or the ploughed earth has been in sorrow;

  • Job 13:3
    77%

    3 But I would have talk with the Ruler of all, and my desire is to have an argument with God.

  • Job 19:23
    76%

    23 If only my words might be recorded! if they might be put in writing in a book!

  • Job 33:31-32
    2 verses
    75%

    31 Take note O Job, give ear to me; keep quiet, while I say what is in my mind.

    32 If you have anything to say, give me an answer; for it is my desire that you may be judged free from sin.

  • Job 11:5
    75%

    5 But if only God would take up the word, opening his lips in argument with you;

  • Job 16:21
    74%

    21 So that he may give decision for a man in his cause with God, and between a son of man and his neighbour.

  • Job 34:36
    74%

    36 May Job be tested to the end, because his answers have been like those of evil men.

  • Job 13:22
    74%

    22 Then at the sound of your voice I will give answer; or let me put forward my cause for you to give me an answer.

  • Job 9:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15 Even if my cause was good, I would not be able to give an answer; I would make request for grace from him who was against me.

    16 If I had sent for him to be present, and he had come, I would have no faith that he would give ear to my voice.

  • Job 33:1
    73%

    1 And now, O Job, give ear to my words, and take note of all I say.

  • Job 13:19
    73%

    19 Is any one able to take up the argument against me? If so, I would keep quiet and give up my breath.

  • Job 31:34
    73%

    34 For fear of the great body of people, or for fear that families might make sport of me, so that I kept quiet, and did not go out of my door;

  • Job 42:4
    72%

    4 Give ear to me, and I will say what is in my mind; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.

  • Job 33:5
    72%

    5 If you are able, give me an answer; put your cause in order, and come forward.

  • Job 19:7
    72%

    7 Truly, I make an outcry against the violent man, but there is no answer: I give a cry for help, but no one takes up my cause.

  • Job 6:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1 And Job made answer and said,

    2 If only my passion might be measured, and put into the scales against my trouble!

  • Job 14:15
    71%

    15 At the sound of your voice I would give an answer, and you would have a desire for the work of your hands.

  • Job 19:5
    71%

    5 If you make yourselves great against me, using my punishment as an argument against me,

  • Job 33:8
    71%

    8 But you said in my hearing, and your voice came to my ears:

  • Ps 55:2
    71%

    2 Give thought to me, and let my prayer be answered: I have been made low in sorrow;

  • Job 21:3-4
    2 verses
    70%

    3 Let me say what is in my mind, and after that, go on making sport of me.

    4 As for me, is my outcry against man? is it then to be wondered at if my spirit is troubled?

  • Job 9:32
    70%

    32 For he is not a man as I am, that I might give him an answer, that we might come together before a judge.

  • Job 9:35
    70%

    35 Then I would say what is in my mind without fear of him; for there is no cause of fear in myself.

  • Job 5:8
    70%

    8 But as for me, I would make my prayer to God, and I would put my cause before him:

  • Job 13:13
    70%

    13 Keep quiet, and let me say what is in my mind, whatever may come to me.

  • Job 14:13
    70%

    13 If only you would keep me safe in the underworld, putting me in a secret place till your wrath is past, giving me a fixed time when I might come to your memory again!

  • Job 31:14
    70%

    14 What then will I do when God comes as my judge? and what answer may I give to his questions?

  • Job 9:19
    70%

    19 If it is a question of strength, he says, Here I am! and if it is a question of a cause at law, he says, Who will give me a fixed day?

  • Jer 17:15
    70%

    15 See, they say to me, Where is the word of the Lord? let it come now.

  • Job 27:9
    69%

    9 Will his cry come to the ears of God when he is in trouble?

  • Job 20:3
    69%

    3 I have to give ear to arguments which put me to shame, and your answers to me are wind without wisdom.

  • Job 10:20
    69%

    20 Are not the days of my life small in number? Let your eyes be turned away from me, so that I may have a little pleasure,

  • Job 34:34
    69%

    34 Men of knowledge, and all wise men, hearing me, will say,

  • Job 33:10
    69%

    10 See, he is looking for something against me; in his eyes I am as one of his haters;

  • Isa 50:8
    69%

    8 He who takes up my cause is near; who will go to law with me? let us come together before the judge: who is against me? let him come near to me.

  • Job 13:6
    69%

    6 Give ear to the argument of my mouth, and take note of the words of my lips.