New Living Translation
Job 31:36
36I would face the accusation proudly. I would wear it like a crown.
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
34Have I feared the crowd or the contempt of the masses, so that I kept quiet and stayed indoors? 35“If only someone would listen to me! Look, I will sign my name to my defense. Let the Almighty answer me. Let my accuser write out the charges against me. I would face the accusation proudly. I would wear it like a crown. 37For I would tell him exactly what I have done. I would come before him like a prince. 38“If my land accuses me and all its furrows cry out together,
Read all of Job 31Job 31:36 word by word
אִם־לֹ֣א עַל־שִׁ֭כְמִי אֶשָּׂאֶ֑נּוּ אֶֽעֶנְדֶ֖נּוּ עֲטָר֣וֹת לִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 31:36
- Exodus 28:12Fasten the two stones on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod as a reminder that Aaron represents the people of Israel. Aaron will carry these names on his shoulders as a constant reminder whenever he goes before the Lord.
- Isaiah 22:22I will give him the key to the house of David—the highest position in the royal court. When he opens doors, no one will be able to close them; when he closes doors, no one will be able to open them.
- Job 29:14Everything I did was honest. Righteousness covered me like a robe, and I wore justice like a turban.
- Isaiah 62:3The Lord will hold you in his hand for all to see— a splendid crown in the hand of God.
- Philippians 4:1Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stay true to the Lord. I love you and long to see you, dear friends, for you are my joy and the crown I receive for my work.
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
In the dictionaries
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
New Living Translation — © 1996, 2004, 2015 Tyndale House Foundation
Commentaries