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35 oh that I had one to hear me!
    Behold, here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me!
    Let the accuser write my indictment!
36 Surely I would carry it on my shoulder;
    and I would bind it to me as a crown.
37 I would declare to him the number of my steps.
    I would go near to 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”