Tree of Life Version
Job 31:37
37I would give Him an account 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
35O, that I had someone to hear me! Look, here is my signature, let Shaddai answer me, let the accuser write the indictment! 36Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; I would bind it on me as a crown. I would give Him an account of my steps; like a prince I would approach Him. 38“If my land cries out against me, and its furrows weep together, 39if I have eaten its fruits without money, 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 anyone wished to contend with Him, he could not answer Him once in a thousand.
- Job 13:15Even if He slays me, I will wait for Him; I will surely defend my ways before Him.
- Job 14:16For then You will number my steps; You will not keep track of my sin;
- Job 42:3You ask, ‘Who is this, who darkens counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke without understanding, things too wonderful for me which I did not know.
- Psalms 19:12Moreover by them Your servant is warned. In keeping them there is great reward.
- Genesis 32:28Then He said to him, “What is your name?” “Jacob,” he said.
- Ephesians 3:12In Him we have boldness and access with confidence through trusting in Him.
- Hebrews 4:15For we do not have a kohen gadol who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all the same ways—yet without sin.
- 1 John 3:19By this we shall know that we are of the truth, and set our heart at rest before Him
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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