Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Who doth grant now, That my words may be written? Who doth grant that in a book they may be graven?
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!
Amplified
“Oh, that the words I now speak were written!
Oh, that they were recorded in a scroll!
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!
Interlinear
Nathan
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 19:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
I Am Forgotten
22 Why do you pursue me as God? And with my flesh are not satisfied? 23 Who doth grant now, That my words may be written? Who doth grant that in a book they may be graven? 24 With a pen of iron and lead -- For ever in a rock they may be hewn.
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 30:8
No, go in, write it on a tablet with them, And on a book engrave it, And it is for a latter day, for a witness unto the age,
Job 31:35
Who giveth to me a hearing? lo, my mark. The Mighty One doth answer me, And a bill hath mine adversary written.
Isaiah 8:1
And Jehovah saith unto me, 'Take to thee a great tablet, and write upon it with a graving tool of man, To haste spoil, enjoy prey.'