Job 31:35
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
תַּאֲוָה
taʼăvâh
a longing; by implication, a delight (subjectively, satisfaction, objectively, a charm)
עָנָה
ʻânâh
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, ...
צַר
tsar
narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble ; (transitive) an opponent (as crowding)
כָּתַב
kâthab
to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
סֵפֶר
çêpher
properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book
Key Terms in This Verse
צַר tsar
narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble ; (transitive) an opponent (as crowding)
Study H6862 →תַּאֲוָה taʼăvâh
a longing; by implication, a delight (subjectively, satisfaction, objectively, a charm)
Study H8378 →עָנָה ʻânâh
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce
Study H6030 →סֵפֶר çêpher
properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book
Study H5612 →כָּתַב kâthab
to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
Study H3789 →שָׁמַע shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
Study H8085 →רָאָה râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Study H7200 →Cross References
Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
Behold, I am according to thy wish in God’s stead: I also am formed out of the clay.
He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.
I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.
Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into pris...
Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.
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