Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
Job returns to his wish (Job 13:22; Job 19:23). Omit is: 'Behold, my sign' - i:e., my mark of subscription to the statements just given in my defense: the mark or signature was originally a cross; and hence, the letter Tau (in the Hebrew here for sign) or T. Translate also, 'Oh that the Almighty,' etc. He marks "God" as the "One" meant in the first clause - "Oh that one would hear me!" Adversary - i:e., 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 is He.
Had written a book - rather, 'would write down his charge' or 'bill of indictment.'