Job 31:36

What does Job 31:36 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 31:36 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown:

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Truly I would take up the book in my hands; it would be to me as a crown;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

That I may carry it on my shoulder, and put it about me as a crown?

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Would I not take it upon my shoulder? I would bind it on to me [as] a crown;

Context

v.35Oh that I had one to hear me! (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me) Andthat I hadthe indictment which mine adversary hath written!

v.36This passage

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

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Philippians 4:1

    Wherefore, my brethren beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my beloved.

  • Isaiah 22:22

    And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; and he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.

  • Job 29:14

    I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: My justice was as a robe and a diadem.

  • Exodus 28:12

    And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before Jehovah upon his two shoulders for a memorial.

  • Isaiah 62:3

    Thou shalt also be a crown of beauty in the hand of Jehovah, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.

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