Job 19:23

Job: My Redeemer Lives · Job 19:1–29
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Translations

Modern
I wish that my words were recorded and inscribed in a book,
Traditional
Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!
Literal
Who will grant now that my words should be written? Who will grant that they be inscribed in a book,
Latin
Quis mihi tribuat ut scribantur sermones mei? quis mihi det ut exarentur in libro

Original

Hebrew
English
I wish that my words were recorded and inscribed in a book,

Notes

Job wanted his words inscribed (carved) on a monument, not in a book. He wanted a record of his innocence that would last in response to Bildad's claim that he would become forgotten (18:17).

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