Job 31:37
I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I come near to him.
Darby Translation
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
36Would I not take it upon my shoulder? I would bind it on to me [as] a crown;
38If my land cry out against me, and its furrows weep together;
Cross References
Genesis 32:28And he said, Thy name shall not henceforth be called Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast wrestled with God, and with men, and hast prevailed.
Job 9:3If he shall choose to strive with him, he cannot answer him one thing of a thousand.
Job 14:16For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
Job 42:3Who is he that obscureth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered what I did not understand; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
Ephesians 3:12in whom we have boldness and access in confidence by the faith of him.
1 John 3:19And hereby we shall know that we are of the truth, and shall persuade 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 →