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 Psa 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."