Job 31:36
Would I not take it upon my shoulder? I would bind it on to me [as] a crown;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
In Context
37I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I come near to him.
Cross References
Job 29:14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was as a mantle and a turban.
Isaiah 62:3And thou shalt be a crown of beauty in the hand of Jehovah, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy 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 →