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

34I am not afraid of what people think about me. Even if a great crowd of people speak against me, I do not stay inside my house and keep quiet. 35I want someone to listen to me! All the things that I say are true. Almighty God should give me an answer! I need to know what I have done that is wrong. He should write down the reason why I am guilty! Then I would show that paper clearly on my shoulders. I would be proud to wear it like a crown on my head. 37I would explain to God everything that I have done. I would stand in front of him without fear, like a ruler. 38I have not grown crops on land that does not belong to me. The land itself would accuse me if that were true.

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 28:12Fix the two stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod so that they show the names of the 12 sons of Israel. Aaron will carry the names on his shoulders as he serves the Lord. Then the Lord will remember to bless his people.
• Isaiah 22:22I will give the key of David's royal family to him. He will have complete authority. Any door that he opens, nobody may close it. Any door that he closes, nobody may open it.
• Job 29:14I always did what was right, like good clothes that I wore. I was fair and honest, like my coat and my hat.
• Isaiah 62:3The Lord your God will hold you in his hand, and you will bring him honour. You will be like his beautiful crown!
• Philippians 4:1My dear Christian friends, I love you very much. I want very much to see you again. You make me very happy. You show that my work among you had good results. Please continue to live in a way that pleases the Lord. This is what I have taught you to do.

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