Job 31:37
The number of my footsteps, I would declare to him, Like a noble, would I draw near to him.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
36Oh! would I not, upon my shoulder, lift it, or bind it as a crown upon me;
38If, against me, my ground used to cry out, and, together, my ridges did weep;
Cross References
Genesis 32:28Then he said—Not Jacob, shall thy name be called any more, but Israel,—For thou hast contended with God and with men and hast prevailed.
Job 9:3If he choose to contend with him, he cannot answer him, one of a thousand:
Job 14:16For, now, my steps, thou countest, Thou wilt not pass over my sin:
Job 42:3Who is it that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore, have I declared, but not understood, things too wonderful for me, which I could not know.
Ephesians 3:12In whom we have our freedom of speech and introduction with assurance, through the faith of him;—
1 John 3:19Hereby, shall we get to know, that, of the truth, we are, and, before him, shall persuade our heart;
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 →