Job 31:37
I would give account of all my steps; I would approach Him like a prince.)—
Majority Standard Bible
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 on my shoulder and wear it like a crown.
38if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,
Cross References
Genesis 32:28Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”
Job 9:3If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.
Job 14:16For then You would count my steps, but would not keep track of my sin.
Job 42:3You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.
Ephesians 3:12In Him and through faith in Him we may enter God’s presence with boldness and confidence.
1 John 3:19And by this we know that we belong to the truth, and assure our hearts in His presence:
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 →