Job 31:36

Job 31:36 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
• New International Version (NIV)Surely I would wear it on my shoulder, I would put it on like a crown.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; I would bind it on me as a crown;
• New King James Version (NKJV)Surely I would carry it on my shoulder, And bind it on me like a crown;

Context of Job 31:36

34Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, So that I kept silence and did not acknowledge my sin and did not go out of the door? 35Oh, that I had one to listen to me! Look, here is my signature (mark); Let the Almighty answer me! Let my adversary write out His indictment [and put His vague accusations in tangible form]. Surely I would [proudly] bear it on my shoulder, And bind the scroll around my head like a crown. 37I would count out to Him the number of my steps [with every detail of my life], Approaching His presence as if I were a prince. 38“For if my land has cried out against me, And its furrows weep together;

Job 31:36 word by word

אִם־לֹ֣א עַל־שִׁ֭כְמִי אֶשָּׂאֶ֑נּוּ אֶֽעֶנְדֶ֖נּוּ עֲטָר֣וֹת לִֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Surely I would takeנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: bearH5375
• it upon my shoulderשְׁכֶםshekem · shoulderH7926
• bindעָנַד‛ânad · to bindH6029
• a crownעֲטָרָה‛ăţârâh · crownH5850

Cross-references for Job 31:36

• Exodus 28:12You shall put the two stones on the [two] shoulder pieces of the ephod [of the high priest], as memorial stones for Israel; and Aaron shall bear their names on his two shoulders as a memorial before the Lord.
• Isaiah 22:22Then I will set on his shoulder the key of the house of David; When he opens no one will shut, When he shuts no one will open.
• Job 29:14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; My justice was like a robe and a turban!
• Isaiah 62:3You will also be [considered] a crown of glory and splendor in the hand of the Lord, And a royal diadem [exceedingly beautiful] in the hand of your God.
• Philippians 4:1Therefore, my fellow believers, whom I love and long for, my delight and crown [my wreath of victory], in this way stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.

Commentaries on Job 31:36

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 36Surely I would take it upon my shoulder - I would be contented to stand before the bar as a criminal, bearing upon my shoulder the board to which the accusation is affixed. In a book of Chinese punishments now before me, containing drawings representing various criminals brought to trial, in trial, and after trial, charged with different offenses; in almost all of them a board appears, on which the accusation or crime of which they are accused, or for…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 36Surely, I would take it upon my shoulder - That is, the book or bill which the Almighty would write in the case. Job says that he has such confidence that what God would record in his case would be in his favor, such confidence that he had no charge of hypocrisy against him, and that he who knew him altogether would not bring such an accusation against him, that he would bear it off triumphantly on his shoulders. It would be all that he could desire. This…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 33-40Verses 33-40 Job clears himself from the charge of hypocrisy. We are loth to confess our faults, willing to excuse them, and to lay the blame upon others. But he that thus covers his sins, shall not prosper, Pr 28:13. He speaks of his courage in what is good, as an evidence of his sincerity in it. When men get estates unjustly, they are justly deprived of comfort from them; it was sown wheat, but shall come up thistles. What men do not come honestly by…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 36carry it on my shoulder (compare Exodus 28:12; Isaiah 22:22): He would take full responsibility for his actions.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3636. So far from hiding the adversary's "answer" or "charge" through fear, I would take it on my shoulders--as a public honor (Is 9:6). a crown--not a mark of shame, but of distinction (Is 62:3).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 31:36

• Integrity

In the dictionaries

• Bosom
• Instead
• Lift
• Root
• Charm
• Crown
• Elihu (2)
• Job, Book of

Commentaries on Job 31

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings