Job 31:37
At every step of mine I would pronounce it, and offer it as to a prince.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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
36That I may carry it on my shoulder, and put it about me as a crown?
38If my land cry against me, and with it the furrows thereof mourn:
Cross References
Genesis 32:28But he said: Thy name shall not be called Jacob, but Israel: for if thou hast been strong against God, how much more shalt thou prevail against men?
Job 9:3If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one for a thousand.
Job 14:16Thou indeed hast numbered my steps, but spare my sins.
Job 42:3Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have spoken unwisely, and things that above measure exceeded my knowledge.
Ephesians 3:12In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.
1 John 3:19In this we know that we are of the truth: and in his sight shall persuade our hearts.
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 →