Job 31:36
“Surely I would take it vpon my shoulder, and bind it as a crowne to me.”
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Job 31:36 Context
34Did I feare a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrifie me: that I kept silence, and went not out of the doore? 35O that one would heare me! beholde, my desire is, that the Almightie would answere me, and that mine aduersary had written a booke. 36Surely I would take it vpon my shoulder, and bind it as a crowne to me. 37I would declare vnto him the number of my steps, as a prince would I goe neere vnto him. 38If my land cry against me, or that the furrowes likewise thereof complaine:
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Other Translations for Job 31:36
Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, [and] bind it [as] a crown to me.
- King James Version
Surely I would carry it on my shoulder, I would bind it to myself like a crown.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown:
- American Standard Version (1901)
Truly I would take up the book in my hands; it would be to me as a crown;
- Basic English Bible
Would I not take it upon my shoulder? I would bind it on to me [as] a crown;
- Darby Bible
Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
- Webster's Bible
Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; and I would bind it to me as a crown.
- World English Bible
If not -- on my shoulder I take it up, I bind it a crown on myself.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Job 31:36
31:36 Take it - As a trophy or badge of honour.