Job 19:23
What does Job 19:23 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 19:23 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
KJV
King James Version · 1611Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949If only my words might be recorded! if they might be put in writing in a book!
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Who doth grant now, That my words may be written? Who doth grant that in a book they may be graven?
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Who will grant me that my words may be written? who will grant me that they may be marked down in a book?
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Oh would that my words were written! oh that they were inscribed in a book!
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 8:1
And Jehovah said unto me, Take thee a great tablet, and write upon it with the pen of a man, For Maher-shalal-hash-baz;
- Isaiah 30:8
Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever.
- Job 31:35
Oh that I had one to hear me! (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me) Andthat I hadthe indictment which mine adversary hath written!
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