Job 31:34

Did I fear] RV 'Because I feared.' Job declares that he had nothing to hide in his conduct and did not fear enquiry.

35-37. Job breaks off: and does not complete the sentence begun in Job 31:33. For his whole soul is moved by the words he has just uttered, and with the proud assertion of his innocence he challenges God to answer him, to give him the writing which contained the charges against him. Proudly, even with God's stigma upon him, he would, enter God's presence, the certainty of his rectitude changing the disgrace into distinction. Most scholars feel that the addition of Job 31:38 spoils the effect of this splendid conclusion.