Job 31:36

Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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

In Context

35Oh that I had one to hear me! — Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me — and that I had the indictment which mine adversary hath written!

37I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.

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Cross References

Job 29:14I put on righteousness, and it clothed itself with me; my justice was as a robe and a diadem.

Isaiah 62:3Thou shalt also be a crown of beauty in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the open 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 →

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