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Job 31:35 Cross-References
Explore 17 cross-references for Job 31:35 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 31 verse 35 to related passages throughout the Bible.
Job's Final Plea
“Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book. my: or, my sign is that the Almighty will”
Job 31:35 (KJV)
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Commentary on Job 31:35
Job cries: 'Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.' The exclamation mi yitten-li shomea li (מִי יִתֶּן־לִי שֹׁמֵעַ לִי, Oh that one would hear me) expresses deep longing. Job desires direct encounter with God rather than mediation through friends' faulty theology. The phrase 'my desire' (tavi, תָּוִי) may mean 'my signature' or 'my mark'—Job signs his defense. The request that his 'adversary' (ish rivi, אִישׁ רִיבִי, literally 'man of my lawsuit') write a book (sefer, סֵפֶר) demands formal legal documentat...
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Cross-References for Job 31:35
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“Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.”
“Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!”
“and you wait for him!”
“and hold me for your enemy?”
“I am toward God even as you are. I am also formed out of the clay.”