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 · 2000Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown:
KJV
King James Version · 1611Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Truly I would take up the book in my hands; it would be to me as a crown;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862If not--on my shoulder I take it up, I bind it a crown on myself.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752That I may carry it on my shoulder, and put it about me as a crown?
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Would I not take it upon my shoulder? I would bind it on to me [as] a crown;
Context
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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