Job 19:23

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Job’s Assurance of Vindication“O that my words were written down, O that they were written on a scroll,

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 30:8 : 8 Now go, write it down on a tablet in their presence, inscribe it on a scroll, so that it might be preserved for a future time as an enduring witness.
  • Job 31:35 : 35 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.
  • Isa 8:1 : 1 A Sign-Child is Born The LORD told me,“Take a large tablet and inscribe these words on it with an ordinary stylus:‘Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.’

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