Job 31:36

If not — on my shoulder I take it up, I bind it a crown on myself.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

35Who giveth to me a hearing? lo, my mark. The Mighty One doth answer me, And a bill hath mine adversary written.

37The number of my steps I tell Him, As a leader I approach Him.

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Cross References

Job 29:14Righteousness I have put on, and it clotheth me, As a robe and a diadem my justice.

Isaiah 62:3And thou hast been a crown of beauty in the hand of Jehovah, And a diadem of royalty 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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