34 Because I (A)feared the great multitude
And the contempt of families terrified me,
And I kept silent and did not go out of doors?
35 Oh that I had one to hear me!
Here is my [a]signature;
(B)Let the Almighty answer me!
And the indictment which my (C)adversary has written,
36 I would certainly carry it on my shoulder,
I would tie it to myself like a garland.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 31:35 Lit mark

34 because I so feared the crowd(A)
    and so dreaded the contempt of the clans
    that I kept silent(B) and would not go outside—

35 (“Oh, that I had someone to hear me!(C)
    I sign now my defense—let the Almighty answer me;
    let my accuser(D) put his indictment in writing.
36 Surely I would wear it on my shoulder,(E)
    I would put it on like a crown.(F)

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