Job 31:35

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Job 13:21-22 : 21 Withdraw your hand far from me, and let not your dread make me afraid. 22 Then call, and I will answer, or let me speak, and you answer 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 engraved with an iron pen and lead in the rock forever!
  • 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 present my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments. 5 I would know the words he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me. 6 Will he contend with me in his great power? No; but he would strengthen me. 7 There the righteous might dispute with him, so I would be delivered forever from my judge.
  • Job 27:7 : 7 Let my enemy be like the wicked, and he who rises up against me like 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 in your place before God; I also am formed out of clay.
  • Job 33:10-11 : 10 Behold, He finds occasions against me, He counts me as His enemy; 11 He puts my feet in the stocks, He marks all my paths.
  • Job 35:14 : 14 Although you say you shall not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust in him.
  • Job 38:1-3 : 1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, 2 Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? 3 Gird up now your loins like a man; for I will demand of you, and you will answer Me.
  • Job 40:4-5 : 4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer you? I will lay my 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 Judge me, O LORD, for I have walked in my integrity; I have also trusted in the LORD; therefore I shall not fall.
  • Matt 5:25 : 25 Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are on the way with him, lest your adversary deliver you to the judge, the judge hand you over to the officer, and you be thrown into prison.
  • Job 13:24 : 24 Why do you hide your face, and hold me as your enemy?
  • Job 17:3 : 3 Put down now, give me a pledge with You; 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 justice.
  • Job 19:11 : 11 He has also kindled His wrath against me and counts me 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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  • Job 23:3-7
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    78%

    3Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat!

    4I would present my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.

    5I would know the words he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.

    6Will he contend with me in his great power? No; but he would strengthen me.

    7There the righteous might dispute with him, so I would be delivered forever from my judge.

  • Job 6:8-10
    3 verses
    77%

    8Oh, that I might have my request and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!

    9Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!

    10Then I should still have comfort; yes, I would harden myself in sorrow. Let him not spare, for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

  • Job 31:36-38
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    77%

    36Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.

    37I would declare to Him the number of my steps; like a prince would I approach Him.

    38If my land cries against me, or its furrows likewise complain;

  • Job 13:3
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    3Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

  • Job 19:23
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    23Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were printed in a book!

  • Job 33:31-32
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    31Mark well, O Job, listen to me: hold your peace, and I will speak.

    32If you have anything to say, answer me; speak, for I desire to justify you.

  • Job 11:5
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    5Oh, that God would speak and open His lips against you,

  • Job 16:21
    74%

    21Oh, that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleads for his neighbor!

  • Job 34:36
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    36My desire is that Job may be tried to the end because of his answers for wicked men.

  • Job 13:22
    74%

    22Then call, and I will answer, or let me speak, and you answer me.

  • Job 9:15-16
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    73%

    15Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would plead with my Judge.

    16If I had called, and He had answered me; yet would I not believe that He had listened to my voice.

  • Job 33:1
    73%

    1Therefore, Job, I beg you, listen to my speeches, and pay attention to all my words.

  • Job 13:19
    73%

    19Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I keep silent, I shall die.

  • Job 31:34
    73%

    34Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, so that I kept silent and went not out of the door?

  • Job 42:4
    72%

    4Listen, I beseech You, and I will speak: I will question You, and You declare to me.

  • Job 33:5
    72%

    5If you can answer me, prepare your words before me, stand up.

  • Job 19:7
    72%

    7Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no justice.

  • Job 6:1-2
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    72%

    1But Job answered and said,

    2Oh, that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!

  • Job 14:15
    71%

    15You shall call, and I will answer You; You will have a desire for the work of Your hands.

  • Job 19:5
    71%

    5If indeed you will magnify yourselves against me and plead against me my reproach,

  • Job 33:8
    71%

    8Surely you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of your words, saying,

  • Ps 55:2
    71%

    2Attend to me, and hear me; I mourn in my complaint and make a noise,

  • Job 21:3-4
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    70%

    3Allow me to speak; and after I have spoken, mock on.

    4As for me, is my complaint to a man? And if it were, why should my spirit not be troubled?

  • Job 9:32
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    32For He is not a man, as I am, that I should answer Him, and we should come together in judgment.

  • Job 9:35
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    35Then I would speak and not fear Him; but it is not so with me.

  • Job 5:8
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    8I would seek to God, and to God I would commit my cause:

  • Job 13:13
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    13Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let happen to me what will.

  • Job 14:13
    70%

    13Oh that You would hide me in the grave, that You would keep me secret, until Your wrath is past, that You would appoint me a set time, and remember me!

  • Job 31:14
    70%

    14What then shall I do when God rises up? When He visits, what shall I answer Him?

  • Job 9:19
    70%

    19If I speak of strength, lo, He is mighty: and if of judgment, who shall set a time for me to plead?

  • Jer 17:15
    70%

    15Behold, they say to me, Where is the word of the LORD? Let it come now.

  • Job 27:9
    69%

    9Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him?

  • Job 20:3
    69%

    3I have heard the rebuke of my dishonor, and the spirit of my understanding prompts me to respond.

  • Job 10:20
    69%

    20Are not my days few? Cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

  • Job 34:34
    69%

    34Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man listen to me.

  • Job 33:10
    69%

    10Behold, He finds occasions against me, He counts me as His enemy;

  • Isa 50:8
    69%

    8He is near that justifies me; who will contend with me? Let us stand together: who is my adversary? Let him come near to me.

  • Job 13:6
    69%

    6Hear now my reasoning, and listen to the pleadings of my lips.