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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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Request for A Hearing

35 “Who will grant me a hearing?
    Here’s my signature[a]—let the Almighty answer!
Since my adversary indicted me,
36 I’ll wear it on my shoulder,
        or tie it on my head for a crown!
37 I’ll give an account for every step I’ve taken;
    I’ll approach him confidently like a Commander-in-Chief.”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 31:35 Lit. seal
  2. Job 31:37 Lit. Nagid; i.e. a senior officer entrusted with dual roles of operational oversight and administrative authority