Job 31:37

Job 31:37 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
• New International Version (NIV)I would give him an account of my every step; I would present it to him as to a ruler.)—
• English Standard Version (ESV)I would give him an account of all my steps; like a prince I would approach him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I would declare to Him the number of my steps; Like a prince I would approach Him.

Context of Job 31:37

35Oh that I had one to hear me! Behold my signature: let the Almighty answer me! And let mine opponent write an accusation! 36Would I not take it upon my shoulder? I would bind it on to me [as] a crown; I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I come near to him. 38If my land cry out against me, and its furrows weep together; 39If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, and have tormented to death the souls of its owners:

Job 31:37 word by word

מִסְפַּ֣ר צְ֭עָדַי אַגִּידֶ֑נּוּ כְּמוֹ־נָ֝גִ֗יד אֲקָרֲבֶֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear

• declareנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
• numberמִסְפָּרmispâr · numberH4557
• stepsצַ֫עַדtsa‛ad · stepH6806
• princeנָגִידnâgîyd nâgid · leaderH5057

Cross-references for Job 31:37

• Job 9:3If he shall choose to strive with him, he cannot answer him one thing of a thousand.
• Job 13:15Behold, if he slay me, yet would I trust in him; but I will defend mine own ways before him.
• Job 14:16For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
• Job 42:3Who is he that obscureth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered what I did not understand; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
• Psalms 19:12Who understandeth [his] errors? Purify me from secret [faults].
• Genesis 32:28And he said, Thy name shall not henceforth be called Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast wrestled with God, and with men, and hast prevailed.
• Ephesians 3:12in whom we have boldness and access in confidence by the faith of him.
• Hebrews 4:15For we have not a high priest not able to sympathise with our infirmities, but tempted in all things in like manner, sin apart.
• 1 John 3:19And hereby we shall know that we are of the truth, and shall persuade our hearts before him —

Commentaries on Job 31:37

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 37I would declare unto him the number of my steps - I would show this adversary the different stations I had been in, and the offices which I had filled in life, that he might trace me through the whole of my civil, military, and domestic life, in order to get evidence against me. As a prince would I go near - Though carrying my own accusation, I would go into the presence of my judge as the נגיד nagid, chief, or sovereign commander and judge, of the people…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 37I would declare unto him the number of my steps - That is, I would disclose to him the whole course of my life. This is language also appropriate to a judicial trial, and the meaning is, that Job was so confident of his integrity that he would approach God and make his whole course of life known to him. As a prince would I go near unto him - With the firm and upright step with which a prince commonly walks. I would not go in a base, cringing manner, but…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. 37When someone made a wrong accusation against a prince, he could appeal to his king.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3737. A good conscience imparts a princely dignity before man and free assurance in approaching God. This can be realized, not in Job's way (Job 42:5, 6); but only through Jesus Christ (He 10:22).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 31:37

• Integrity

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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