Job 31:36

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

King James Version

In Context

35Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.

37I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.

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Cross References

Job 29:14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.

Isaiah 62:3Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.

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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