Job 31:36

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

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

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

In Context

35Oh who will bring me one that would hear me! behold, here is my plea; may the Almighty answer me; and any record which my opponent may have written,—

37The number of my steps would I tell him: as [to] a prince would I go near unto him.—

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Cross References

Job 29:14I took righteousness as my garment, and it clothed me: as a robe and a mitre was justice unto me.

Isaiah 62:3And thou shalt be a crown of ornament in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the 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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