Verse Comparison: Job 31:35
American Standard Version
Oh that I had one to hear me! (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me); And `that I had' the indictment which mine adversary hath written!
Amplified® Bible
Oh, for a hearing! Oh, for an answer from the Almighty! Let my adversary write out His indictment [and put His vague accusations in tangible form] in a book!
Contemporary English Version
Why doesn't God All-Powerful listen and answer? If God has something against me, let him speak up or put it in writing!
Darby English Version
Oh that I had one to hear me! Behold my signature: let the Almighty answer me! And let mine opponent write an accusation!
Good News Bible
Will no one listen to what I am saying? I swear that every word is true. Let Almighty God answer me. If the charges my opponent brings against me were written down so that I could see them,
King James Version
Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
New American Standard Bible
"Oh that I had one to hear me! Behold, here is my signature; Let the Almighty answer me! And the indictment which my adversary has written,
New International Version
("Oh, that I had someone to hear me!
I sign now my defense—let the Almighty answer me;
let my accuser put his indictment in writing.
New King James Version
Oh, that I had one to hear me!
Here is my mark.
Oh, that the Almighty would answer me,
That my Prosecutor had written a book!
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Oh that I had one to hear me! Behold, here I place my signature; Let the Almighty answer me! And the indictment which my adversary has written,
Revised Standard Version
Oh, that I had one to hear me! (Here is my signature! let the Almighty answer me!) Oh, that I had the indictment written by my adversary!
Young's Literal Translation
Who giveth to me a hearing? lo, my mark. The Mighty One doth answer me, And a bill hath mine adversary written.