Job 19:23

Job 19:23

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

a. NLT: “Oh, that my words could be recorded. Oh, that they could be inscribed on a monument,”

b. NIV: “Oh, that my words were recorded, that they were written on a scroll,”

c. Amplified Bible: Oh, that the words I now speak were written! Oh, that they were inscribed in a book [carved on a tablet of stone]!

d. Septuagint: For oh that my words were written, and that they were recorded in a book forever,

1. “Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book…”

a. written [3789 * kathab][Strong: a primitive root; to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe):--describe, record, prescribe, subscribe, write(-ing, -ten).

b. printed [2710 * chaqaq][Strong: a primitive root; properly, to hack, i.e. engrave (Judges 5:14, to be a scribe simply); by implication, to enact (laws being cut in stone or metal tablets in primitive times) or (gen.) prescribe:--appoint, decree, governor, grave, lawgiver, note, pourtray, print, set.]

c. Job’s desire is filled with emotional urgency. He desired that his words were, printed in a book. The words he declares in the next few verses are certainly prophetic. It certainly appears he had a revelation of resurrection or a resurrection body as the rest of the passage reveals.

d. Institute Of Creation Research Daily Devotional 7/26/11 “…Job apparently wrote his book, originally, not on some perishable material but, as we see in our text, on tablets of stone with a pen of iron so that his testimony might be permanently available to all future generations. Indeed, God in His providence has ordained exactly that, by incorporating it in the Bible.  And the essence of Job's testimony is surely one of the most wonderful statements of faith ever penned, all the more remarkable in view of Job's circumstances when he uttered it, and in light of the limited knowledge of God's plan of redemption available in his day...”