Job 31:37
I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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
36Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown.
38If my land cry out against me, and the furrows thereof weep together;
Cross References
Genesis 32:28(32-29) And he said: 'Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast striven with God and with men, and hast prevailed.'
Job 9:3If one should desire to contend with Him, he could not answer Him one of a thousand.
Job 14:16But now Thou numberest my steps, Thou dost not even wait for my sin;
Job 42:3Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore have I uttered that which I understood not, things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
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 →