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35 “If only someone would listen to me!
    Look, I will sign my name to my defense.
Let the Almighty answer me.
    Let my accuser write out the charges against me.
36 I would face the accusation proudly.
    I would wear it like a crown.
37 For I would tell him exactly what I have done.
    I would come before him like a prince.

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35 O that[a] I had[b] someone hearing me!
Here is my signature;
let Shaddai answer me!
As for[c] the written communication that my adversary[d] has written,
36 I would surely[e] carry it on my shoulder;
I would bind it on me like a crown.
37 I would give him an account of my steps;
I would approach him like a noble.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 31:35 Literally “Who shall give”
  2. Job 31:35 Literally “for me”
  3. Job 31:35 Hebrew “And,” or “But”
  4. Job 31:35 Literally “the man of my indictment”
  5. Job 31:36 Literally “if not”