Job 31:37
I would declare to him the number of my steps. I would go near to him like a prince.
World English Bible Classic
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 I would bind it to me as a crown.
38If my land cries out against me, and its furrows weep together;
Cross References
Genesis 32:28He said, “Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed.”
Job 9:3If he is pleased to contend with him, he can’t answer him one time in a thousand.
Job 14:16But now you count my steps. Don’t you watch over my sin?
Job 42:3You asked, ‘Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?’ therefore I have uttered that which I didn’t understand, things too wonderful for me, which I didn’t know.
Ephesians 3:12In him we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him.
1 John 3:19And by this we know that we are of the truth and persuade our hearts before him,
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 →