Job 31:37
I will tell him the nomber of my goings, and goe vnto him as to a prince.
Geneva Bible 1599
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
36Woulde not I take it vpon my shoulder, and binde it as a crowne vnto me?
38If my lande cry against me, or the furrowes thereof complayne together,
Cross References
Genesis 32:28Then said he, Thy name shalbe called Iaakob no more, but Israel: because thou hast had power with God, thou shalt also preuaile with men.
Job 9:3If I would dispute with him, hee could not answere him one thing of a thousand.
Job 14:16But nowe thou nombrest my steppes, and doest not delay my sinnes.
Job 42:3Who is hee that hideth counsell without knowledge? therefore haue I spoken that I vnderstood not, euen things too wonderfull for me, and which I knew not.
Ephesians 3:12By whom we haue boldenes and entrance with confidence, by faith in him.
1 John 3:19For thereby we know that we are of the trueth, and shall before him assure our hearts.
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 →