# Job 31.35

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**Book:** [Job](/codex/job/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 33. If like Adam I have covered my transgressions, By hiding mine iniquity in my bosom, 34. Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, So that I kept silence, and went not out of the door,
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> **35. 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!**
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> 36. Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown: 37. I would declare unto him the number of my steps; As a prince would I go near unto him. (Job 31:33-37, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 33. if like Adam I have covered my transgressions, by hiding my iniquity in my heart, 34. because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and didn’t go out of the door,
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> **35. oh that I had one to hear me! Behold, here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me! Let the accuser write my indictment!**
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> 36. Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; and I would bind it to me as a crown. 37. I would declare to him the number of my steps. as a prince would I go near to him. (Job 31:33-37, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 33. If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom: <sup>as Adam: or, after the manner of men</sup> 34. Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
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> **35. Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book. <sup>my: or, my sign is that the Almighty will</sup>**
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> 36. Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me. 37. I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him. (Job 31:33-37, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 33. If I have covered as Adam my transgressions, To hide in my bosom mine iniquity, 34. Because I fear a great multitude, And the contempt of families doth affright me, Then I am silent, I go not out of the opening.
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> **35. Who giveth to me a hearing? lo, my mark. The Mighty One doth answer me, And a bill hath mine adversary written.**
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> 36. If not, on my shoulder I take it up, I bind it a crown on myself. 37. The number of my steps I tell Him, As a leader I approach Him. (Job 31:33-37, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Lexicon:**

- [H7706 - shaddai](/codex/h7706-shaddai/)

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.