Job 31:37

מִסְפַּר צְעָדַי אַגִּידֶנּוּ כְּמוֹ ־ נָגִיד אֲקָרֲבֶֽנּוּ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

36אִם ־ לֹא עַל ־ שִׁכְמִי אֶשָּׂאֶנּוּ אֶֽעֶנְדֶנּוּ עֲטָרוֹת לִֽי ׃

38אִם ־ עָלַי אַדְמָתִי תִזְעָק וְיַחַד תְּלָמֶיהָ יִבְכָּיֽוּן ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 32:28וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו מַה ־ שְּׁמֶךָ וַיֹּאמֶר יַעֲקֹֽב ׃

Job 9:3אִם ־ יַחְפֹּץ לָרִיב עִמּוֹ לֹֽא ־ יַעֲנֶנּוּ אַחַת מִנִּי ־ אָֽלֶף ׃

Job 14:16כִּֽי ־ עַתָּה צְעָדַי תִּסְפּוֹר לֹֽא ־ תִשְׁמוֹר עַל ־ חַטָּאתִֽי ׃

Job 42:3מִי זֶה ׀ מַעְלִים עֵצָה בְּֽלִי דָעַת לָכֵן הִגַּדְתִּי וְלֹא אָבִין נִפְלָאוֹת מִמֶּנִּי וְלֹא אֵדָֽע ׃

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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