Job 31:35

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִ֤י יִתֶּן־לִ֨י ׀ שֹׁ֘מֵ֤עַֽ לִ֗י הֶן־תָּ֭וִי שַׁדַּ֣י יַעֲנֵ֑נִי וְסֵ֥פֶר כָּ֝תַ֗ב אִ֣ישׁ רִיבִֽי׃

Transliteration

Who yitten-lî šōmēaʿ lî behold-tāwî šadday yaʿănēnî and-sēper kātaḇ ʾîš rîḇî

Grammar Details

*yitten*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he gives
*šōmēaʿ*: verb, qal participle, masculine singular - one hearing
*tāwî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my mark/signature
*šadday*: divine name - Almighty/Shaddai
*yaʿănēnî*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - he answers me
*sēper*: noun, masculine singular - book/document
*kātaḇ*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he wrote
*ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular construct - man of
*rîḇî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my adversary

Word Meanings

*mî yitten-lî*: who would give me/oh that I had
*šōmēaʿ*: hearer/one who hears/listener
*tāwî*: my mark/my signature/my sign
*šadday*: the Almighty/Shaddai
*yaʿănēnî*: would answer me/would respond to me
*sēper*: book/document/scroll
*ʾîš rîḇî*: man of my contention/my accuser/my opponent

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Reference numbers can disrupt continuous reading
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Referenced Verses

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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