Job 31:36
Surely I would carry it on my shoulder and wear it like a crown.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
In Context
37I would give account of all my steps; I would approach Him like a prince.)—
Cross References
Job 29:14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.
Isaiah 62:3You will be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, a royal diadem in the palm of your 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 →