Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

If only my words might be recorded! if they might be put in writing in a book!

New American Standard Bible

“Oh that my words were written!
Oh that they were inscribed in a book!

King James Version

Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!

Holman Bible

I wish that my words were written down,
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!

Amplified


“Oh, that the words I now speak were written!
Oh, that they were recorded in a scroll!

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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Oh that
נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011

my words
מלּה מלּה 
Millah 
Usage: 38

אפוא אפו 
'ephow 
Usage: 15

כּתב 
Kathab 
Usage: 223

oh that
נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011

חקק 
Chaqaq 
Usage: 19

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Watsons

Context Readings

I Am Forgotten

22 Why are you cruel to me, like God, for ever saying evil against me? 23 If only my words might be recorded! if they might be put in writing in a book! 24 And with an iron pen and lead be cut into the rock for ever!

Cross References

Isaiah 30:8

Now go, put it in writing before them on a board, and make a record of it in a book, so that it may be for the future, a witness for all time to come.

Job 31:35

If only God would give ear to me, and the Ruler of all would give me an answer! or if what he has against me had been put in writing!

Isaiah 8:1

And the Lord said to me, Take a great writing-board, and on it put down in common letters, Maher-shalal-hash-baz;

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