Job 31:35

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire [is, that] the Almighty would answer me, and [that] mine adversary had written a book.

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  • Job 13:21-22 : 21 Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid. 22 Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.
  • Job 19:23-24 : 23 ¶ Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book! 24 That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!
  • Job 23:3-7 : 3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! [that] I might come [even] to his seat! 4 I would order [my] cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. 5 I would know the words [which] he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me. 6 Will he plead against me with [his] great power? No; but he would put [strength] in me. 7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
  • Job 27:7 : 7 ¶ Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
  • Job 30:28 : 28 I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, [and] I cried in the congregation.
  • Job 33:6 : 6 Behold, I [am] according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay.
  • Job 33:10-11 : 10 Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy, 11 He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.
  • Job 35:14 : 14 ¶ Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, [yet] judgment [is] before him; therefore trust thou in him.
  • Job 38:1-3 : 1 ¶ Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, 2 Who [is] this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? 3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
  • Job 40:4-5 : 4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. 5 Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
  • Ps 26:1 : 1 ¶ [A Psalm] of David. Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; [therefore] I shall not slide.
  • Matt 5:25 : 25 ‹Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.›
  • Job 13:24 : 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
  • Job 17:3 : 3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who [is] he [that] will strike hands with me?
  • Job 19:7 : 7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but [there is] no judgment.
  • Job 19:11 : 11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as [one of] his enemies.
  • Job 13:3 : 3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

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