Job 31:36

which I would then carry on my shoulder and wrap around me like a crown?

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In The King James Version

Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.

In Context

35then, would he grant me a hearing, so that the Almighty would listen to my desire, and he who judges would himself write a book,

37With each of my steps, I would pronounce and offer it, as if to a prince.

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Cross References

Job 29:14I put on justice, and I clothed myself with my judgment, like a robe and a diadem.

Isaiah 62:3And you shall be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.

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 →

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