Job 31:37
I would explain to him everything I'd done; I would hold my head high before him.
Free Bible 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
36I would hold them up high; I would wear them on my head like a crown.
38If my land has cried out against me; if her furrows have wept over me;
Cross References
Genesis 32:28“Jacob will no longer be your name,” said the man. “Instead you will be called Israel, because you fought with God and with men and you won.”
Job 9:3If you wanted to argue with God, God could ask a thousand questions that no one could answer.
Job 14:16Then you would look after me and wouldn't be watching me to see if I sinned.
Job 42:3You asked, ‘Who is this who questions my wisdom by talking so ignorantly?’ I was speaking about things I didn't understand—things too wonderful for me to know.
Ephesians 3:12Because of him and our trust in him we can come to God in total freedom and confidence.
1 John 3:19This is how we will know that we belong to the truth, and how we will set our minds at rest before 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 →