Job 31:36

אִם ־ לֹא עַל ־ שִׁכְמִי אֶשָּׂאֶנּוּ אֶֽעֶנְדֶנּוּ עֲטָרוֹת לִֽי ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

35מִי יִתֶּן ־ לִי ׀ שֹׁמֵעַֽ לִי הֶן ־ תָּוִי שַׁדַּי יַעֲנֵנִי וְסֵפֶר כָּתַב אִישׁ רִיבִֽי ׃

37מִסְפַּר צְעָדַי אַגִּידֶנּוּ כְּמוֹ ־ נָגִיד אֲקָרֲבֶֽנּוּ ׃

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Cross References

Job 29:14צֶדֶק לָבַשְׁתִּי וַיִּלְבָּשֵׁנִי כִּמְעִיל וְצָנִיף מִשְׁפָּטִֽי ׃

Isaiah 62:3וְהָיִיתְ עֲטֶרֶת תִּפְאֶרֶת בְּיַד ־ יְהוָה וצנוף מְלוּכָה בְּכַף ־ אֱלֹהָֽיִךְ ׃

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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