Job 31:36

I would place it as a chaplet on my shoulders, and read it. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

35(Oh that I had a hearer), 1 And if I had not feared the hand of the Lord; 1 And as to the written charge which I had against anyone, 1

37And if not, tearing it up I would return it, 1 Having taken nothing from the debtor. 1

Read all of Job 31

Cross References

Job 29:14Also I put on righteousness, 1 And clothed myself with judgment like a mantle. 1

Isaiah 62:3And thou shalt be a crown of beauty 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Job 31:36