Job 31:35

Webster's Bible (1833)

Oh that I had one to hear me! (Behold, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me); Let the accuser write my indictment!

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  • Job 13:21-22 : 21 Withdraw your hand far from me; And don't let your terror 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 inscribed in a book! 24 That with an iron pen and lead They were engraved 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 set my cause in order before him, And fill my mouth with arguments. 5 I would know the words which he would answer me, And understand what he would tell me. 6 Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? No, but he would listen to me. 7 There the upright might reason with him, So I should be delivered forever from my judge.
  • Job 27:7 : 7 "Let my enemy be as the wicked, Let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.
  • Job 30:28 : 28 I go mourning without the sun. I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.
  • Job 33:6 : 6 Behold, I am toward God even as you are: I am also formed out of the clay.
  • Job 33:10-11 : 10 Behold, he finds occasions against me, He counts me for his enemy: 11 He puts my feet in the stocks, He marks all my paths.'
  • Job 35:14 : 14 How much less when you say you don't see him. The cause is before him, and you wait for him!
  • Job 38:1-3 : 1 Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind, 2 "Who is this who darkens counsel By words without knowledge? 3 Brace yourself like a man, For I will question you, then you answer me!
  • Job 40:4-5 : 4 "Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth. 5 I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further."
  • Ps 26:1 : 1 > Judge me, Yahweh, for I have walked in my integrity. I have trusted also in Yahweh without wavering.
  • Matt 5:25 : 25 Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are with him in the way; lest perhaps the prosecutor deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be cast into prison.
  • Job 13:24 : 24 Why hide you your face, And hold me for your enemy?
  • Job 17:3 : 3 "Now give a pledge, be collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who will strike hands with me?
  • Job 19:7 : 7 "Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry for help, but there is no justice.
  • Job 19:11 : 11 He has also kindled his wrath against me. He counts me among his adversaries.
  • Job 13:3 : 3 "Surely I would speak to the Almighty. I desire to reason with God.

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  • Job 23:3-7
    5 verses
    78%

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

    4I would set my cause in order before him, And fill my mouth with arguments.

    5I would know the words which he would answer me, And understand what he would tell me.

    6Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? No, but he would listen to me.

    7There the upright might reason with him, So I should be delivered forever from my judge.

  • Job 6:8-10
    3 verses
    77%

    8"Oh that I might have my request; That God would grant the thing that I long for!

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

    10Be it still my consolation, Yes, let me exult in pain that doesn't spare, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

  • Job 31:36-38
    3 verses
    77%

    36Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; And I would bind it to me as a crown.

    37I would declare to him the number of my steps. As a prince would I go near to him.

    38If my land cries out against me, And the furrows of it weep together;

  • 3"Surely I would speak to the Almighty. I desire to reason with God.

  • 23"Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!

  • Job 33:31-32
    2 verses
    75%

    31Mark well, Job, and 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.

  • 5But oh that God would speak, And open his lips against you,

  • 21That he would maintain the right of a man with God, Of a son of man with his neighbor!

  • 36I wish that Job were tried to the end, Because of his answering like wicked men.

  • 22Then call, and I will answer; Or let me speak, and you answer me.

  • Job 9:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer. I would make supplication to my judge.

    16If I had called, and he had answered me, Yet would I not believe that he listened to my voice.

  • 1"However, Job, Please hear my speech, And listen to all my words.

  • 19Who is he who will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the spirit.

  • 34Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, So that I kept silence, and didn't go out of the door--

  • 4You said, 'Listen, now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.'

  • 5If you can, answer me; Set your words in order before me, and stand forth.

  • 7"Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry for help, but there is no justice.

  • Job 6:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1Then Job answered,

    2"Oh that my anguish were weighed, And all my calamity laid in the balances!

  • 15You would call, and I would answer you. You would have a desire to the work of your hands.

  • 5If indeed you will magnify yourselves against me, And plead against me my reproach;

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

  • 2Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and moan,

  • Job 21:3-4
    2 verses
    70%

    3Allow me, and I also will speak; After I have spoken, mock on.

    4As for me, is my complaint to man? Why shouldn't I be impatient?

  • 32For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, That we should come together in judgment.

  • 35Then I would speak, and not fear him, For I am not so in myself.

  • 8"But as for me, I would seek God, To God would I commit my cause;

  • 13"Be silent, leave me alone, that I may speak. Let come on me what will.

  • 13"Oh that you would hide me in Sheol, That you would keep me secret, until your wrath is past, That you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!

  • 14What then shall I do when God rises up? When he visits, what shall I answer him?

  • 19If it is a matter of strength, behold, he is mighty! If of justice, 'Who,' says he, 'will summon me?'

  • 15Behold, they tell me, Where is the word of Yahweh? let it come now.

  • 9Will God hear his cry, When trouble comes on him?

  • 3I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame; The spirit of my understanding answers me.

  • 20Aren't my days few? Cease then, Leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,

  • 34Men of understanding will tell me, Yes, every wise man who hears me:

  • 10Behold, he finds occasions against me, He counts me for his enemy:

  • 8He is near who justifies me; who will bring charges against me? Let us stand up together: who is my adversary? Let him come near to me.

  • 6Hear now my reasoning. Listen to the pleadings of my lips.