Job 31:36

Oh! would I not, upon my shoulder, lift it, or bind it as a crown upon me;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

35Oh that I had one to hear me, Lo! my crossmark, May, the Almighty, answer me! And would that, a book, mine opponent had written!

37The number of my footsteps, I would declare to him, Like a noble, would I draw near to him.

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Cross References

Job 29:14Righteousness, I put on, and it clothed me, Like a robe and turban, was my, justice;

Isaiah 62:3Then shalt thou become—A crown of adorning, in the hand of Yahweh, 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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