New English Translation
Job 31:37
37I would give him an accounting of my steps; like a prince I would approach him.
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
35“If only I had someone to hear me! Here is my signature – let the Almighty answer me! If only I had an indictment that my accuser had written. 36Surely I would wear it proudly on my shoulder, I would bind it on me like a crown; I would give him an accounting of my steps; like a prince I would approach him. 38“If my land cried out against me and all its furrows wept together, 39if I have eaten its produce without paying, or caused the death of its owners,
Read all of Job 31Job 31:37 word by word
מִסְפַּ֣ר צְ֭עָדַי אַגִּידֶ֑נּוּ כְּמוֹ־נָ֝גִ֗יד אֲקָרֲבֶֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 31:37
- Job 9:3If someone wishes to contend with him, he cannot answer him one time in a thousand.
- Job 13:15Even if he slays me, I will hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face!
- Job 14:16“Surely now you count my steps; then you would not mark my sin.
- Job 42:3you asked, ‘Who is this who darkens counsel without knowledge?’ But I have declared without understanding things too wonderful for me to know.
- Psalms 19:12Who can know all his errors? Please do not punish me for sins I am unaware of.
- Genesis 32:28“No longer will your name be Jacob,” the man told him, “but Israel, because you have fought with God and with men and have prevailed.”
- Ephesians 3:12in whom we have boldness and confident access to God because of Christ’s faithfulness.
- Hebrews 4:15For we do not have a high priest incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way just as we are, yet without sin.
- 1 John 3:19And by this we will know that we are of the truth and will convince our conscience in his presence,
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
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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
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