Job 31:37
The number of my steps I tell Him, || As a leader I approach Him.
Literal Standard 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
36If not—on my shoulder I take it up, || I bind it [as] a crown on myself.
38If my land cries out against me, || And together its furrows weep,
Cross References
Genesis 32:28And He says, “Your name is no longer called Jacob, but Israel; for you have reigned with God and with men, and prevail.”
Job 9:3If he delights to strive with Him—He does not answer him one of a thousand.
Job 14:16But now, You number my steps, || You do not watch over my sin.
Job 42:3[You said], Who [is] this hiding counsel without knowledge? Therefore, I have declared, and do not understand, || Too wonderful for me, and I do not know.
Ephesians 3:12in whom we have the freedom and the access in confidence through the faith of Him,
1 John 3:19And in this we know that we are of the truth, and before Him we will assure 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 →