KJV King James Version
Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!
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Job 19:23
Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
I wish that my words were recorded and inscribed in a book,
WEB World English Bible
“Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
ASV American Standard Version
Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Who doth grant now, That my words may be written? Who doth grant that in a book they may be graven?
Surrounding context — Job 19
20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
22 Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
23 Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!
24 That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!
25 For I know [that] my redeemer liveth, and [that] he shall stand at the latter [day] upon the earth:
26 And [though] after my skin [worms] destroy this [body], yet in my flesh shall I see God:
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Cross-references
Isaiah 30:8Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:Isaiah 8:1Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man’s pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.Job 31:35Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire [is, that] the Almighty would answer me, and [that] mine adversary had written a book.
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