Job 13:3, 20-21, 31:35 | JFB | STEP | 3. Job wishes to plead his cause before God ( ), as he is more and more convinced of the valueless character of his would-be "physicians" ( ).

Job 13:3

3. Job wishes to plead his cause before God (Job 9:34, 35), as he is more and more convinced of the valueless character of his would-be "physicians" (Job 16:2).

Job 13:20-21

20. Address to God.

not hide—stand forth boldly to maintain my cause.

21. (See on Job 9:34 and see Ps 39:10).

Job 31:35

35. Job returns to his wish (Job 13:22; 19:23). Omit "is"; "Behold my sign," that is, my mark of subscription to the statements just given in my defense: the mark of signature was originally a cross; and hence the letter Tau or T. Translate, also "Oh, that the Almighty," &c. He marks "God" as the "One" meant in the first clause.

adversary—that is, he who contends with me, refers also to God. The vagueness is designed to express "whoever it be that judicially opposes me"—the Almighty if it be He.

had written a book—rather, "would write down his charge."