Job 31:36

If they did that, I would wear that scroll on my shoulder, or wear it on top of my head, in order that everyone could see it.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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

In Context

35“I wish/desire that there was someone who would hear what I am saying! I solemnly declare that all that I have said is true. I wish that those who oppose me would write down on a scroll the evil things that they say that I did.

37I would tell God everything that I have done, and I would approach him confidently, like a ruler would.

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Cross References

Job 29:14I always acted justly; my continually doing that was like [MET] a robe that I wore and a turban that was wrapped around my head.

Isaiah 62:3It will be as though Yahweh will hold you up in his hands in order that everyone can see you. Under his authority [MTY], you will be like a glorious headband/turban worn by a king.

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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