35 Oh that I had some to hear me! behold my [a]sign that the Almighty will witness for me: though mine adversary should write a book against me,

36 Would not I take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a [b]crown unto me?

37 I will tell him the number of my goings, and go unto him as to a [c]prince.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 31:35 This is a sufficient token of my righteousness, that God is my witness and will justify my cause.
  2. Job 31:36 Should not this book of his accusations be a praise and commendation to me?
  3. Job 31:37 I will make him account of all my life, without fear.

35 (“Oh, that I had someone to hear me!(A)
    I sign now my defense—let the Almighty answer me;
    let my accuser(B) put his indictment in writing.
36 Surely I would wear it on my shoulder,(C)
    I would put it on like a crown.(D)
37 I would give him an account of my every step;(E)
    I would present it to him as to a ruler.(F))—

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