Job 31:37
I would declare to him the number of my steps. I would go near to him as a prince.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
In Context
36Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder. I would bind it to me as a crown.
38If my land cries out against me, and the furrows of it weep together;
Cross References
Genesis 32:28And he said, Thy name shall no more be called Jacob, but Israel, for thou have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed.
Job 9:3If he is pleased to contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
Job 14:16But now thou number my steps. Do thou not watch over my sin?
Job 42:3Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have uttered that which I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
Ephesians 3:12in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through his faith.
1 John 3:19And by this we know that we are of the truth, and will assure our hearts before him.
Matthew Henry on Job 31:34-40
Job's Protestation of His Integrity. ( b. c. 1520.) 33 If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom: 34 Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door? 35 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book. 36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me. 37 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as… Read the whole commentary →