Job 19:23 (DRB)

Passage

Who will grant me that my words may be written? who will grant me that they may be marked down in a book?

Nearby Context

Job 19:21 Have pity on me, have pity on me, at least you my friends, because the hand of the Lord hath touched me.

Job 19:22 Why do you persecute me as God, and glut yourselves with my flesh?

Job 19:23 Who will grant me that my words may be written? who will grant me that they may be marked down in a book?

Job 19:24 With an iron pen and in a plate of lead, or else be graven with an instrument in flint stone?

Job 19:25 For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and in the last day I shall rise out of the earth.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "grant", "words", "written", "marked", "down", and "book". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "grant" and "words", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 22's "Why do you persecute me as God..." into verse 24's "With an iron pen and in a...", so "grant" and "words" belong inside that flow. In Job context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "grant" and "words" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.