Parallel Verses
Amplified
“Oh, that the words I now speak were written!
Oh, that they were recorded in a scroll!
New American Standard Bible
Oh that they were
King James Version
Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!
Holman Bible
that they were recorded on a scroll
International Standard Version
If only my words were written down; if only they were inscribed in a book
A Conservative Version
O that my words were now written! O that they were inscribed in a book,
American Standard Version
Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
Bible in Basic English
If only my words might be recorded! if they might be put in writing in a book!
Darby Translation
Oh would that my words were written! oh that they were inscribed in a book!
Julia Smith Translation
Who will give now, and my words shall be written? who will give and they shall be delineated in a book?.
King James 2000
Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!
Lexham Expanded Bible
"{O that} my words could be written down! {O that they could be inscribed in a scroll}!
Modern King James verseion
Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were engraved in a book!
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
O that my words were written, O that they were put in a book:
NET Bible
"O that my words were written down, O that they were written on a scroll,
New Heart English Bible
"Oh that my words were now written. Oh that they were inscribed in a book.
The Emphasized Bible
Oh, then, that my words, could be written, Oh that, in a record, they could be inscribed:
Webster
Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!
World English Bible
"Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
Youngs Literal Translation
Who doth grant now, That my words may be written? Who doth grant that in a book they may be graven?
Interlinear
Nathan
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 19:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
I Am Forgotten
22
“Why do you persecute me as God does?
Why are you not satisfied with my flesh (anguish)?
“Oh, that the words I now speak were written!
Oh, that they were recorded in a scroll!
“That with an iron stylus and [molten] lead
They were engraved in the rock forever!
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 30:8
Now, go, write it on a tablet before them
And inscribe it on a scroll,
So that it may serve in the time to come
As a witness [against them] forevermore.
Job 31:35
“Oh, that I had one to listen to me!
Look, here is my signature (mark);
Let the Almighty answer me!
Let my adversary write out His indictment [and put His vague accusations in tangible form].
Isaiah 8:1
Then the Lord said to me, “Take for yourself a large tablet [for public display] and write on it in ordinary characters: Belonging to