New Living Translation
Job 31:37
37For I would tell him exactly what I have done. I would come before him like a prince.
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 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. 36I would face the accusation proudly. I would wear it like a crown. For 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, 39or if I have stolen its crops or murdered 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 wanted to take God to court, would it be possible to answer him even once in a thousand times?
- Job 13:15God might kill me, but I have no other hope. I am going to argue my case with him.
- Job 14:16For then you would guard my steps, instead of watching for my sins.
- Job 42:3You asked, ‘Who is this that questions my wisdom with such ignorance?’ It is I—and I was talking about things I knew nothing about, things far too wonderful for me.
- Psalms 19:12How can I know all the sins lurking in my heart? Cleanse me from these hidden faults.
- Genesis 32:28“Your name will no longer be Jacob,” the man told him. “From now on you will be called Israel, because you have fought with God and with men and have won.”
- Ephesians 3:12Because of Christ and our faith in him, we can now come boldly and confidently into God’s presence.
- Hebrews 4:15This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin.
- 1 John 3:19Our actions will show that we belong to the truth, so we will be confident when we stand before God.
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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