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Job 31:37
37I would give him an account of my every step; I would present it to him as to a ruler.)—
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)For I would tell him exactly what I have done. I would come before him like a prince.
Context of Job 31:37
35(“Oh, that I had someone to hear me! I sign now my defense—let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser put his indictment in writing. 36Surely I would wear it on my shoulder, I would put it on like a crown. I would give him an account of my every step; I would present it to him as to a ruler.)— 38“if my land cries out against me and all its furrows are wet with tears, 39if I have devoured its yield without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,
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מִסְפַּ֣ר צְ֭עָדַי אַגִּידֶ֑נּוּ כְּמוֹ־נָ֝גִ֗יד אֲקָרֲבֶֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 31:37
- Job 9:3Though they wished to dispute with him, they could not answer him one time out of a thousand.
- Job 13:15Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face.
- Job 14:16Surely then you will count my steps but not keep track of my sin.
- Job 42:3You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.
- Psalms 19:12But who can discern their own errors? Forgive my hidden faults.
- Genesis 32:28Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.”
- Ephesians 3:12In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.
- Hebrews 4:15For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.
- 1 John 3:19This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at rest 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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