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Job 31:36
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I would face the accusation proudly. I would wear it like a crown.
Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown.
Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; I would bind it to me as a crown:
I would wear the writing on my shoulder; I would put it on like a crown.
Surely I would wear it proudly on my shoulder, I would bind it on me like a crown;
Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, [and] bind it [as] a crown to me.
Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; And I would bind it to me as a crown.
"Surely I would [proudly] bear it on my shoulder, And bind the scroll around my head like a crown.
Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; I would bind it on me as a crown;
write a book, that Y bere it in my schuldre, and cumpasse it as a coroun to me?
Surely I would carry it on my shoulder and wear it like a crown.
Then I would wear his charges on my clothes and forehead.
Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown:
Truly I would take up the book in my hands; it would be to me as a crown;
I would carry it on my shoulder; I would bind it on me like a crown.
Would I not take it upon my shoulder? I would bind it on to me [as] a crown;
I would wear it around my neck. I would put it on my head like a crown.
Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown.
Surely I would take it vpon my shoulder, and bind it as a crowne to me.
For sure I would carry it on my shoulder. I would tie it around my head like a crown.
Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; I would bind it on me like a crown;
Woulde not I take it vpon my shoulder, and binde it as a crowne vnto me?
Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and make it a crown to me.
I would wear them proudly on my shoulder and place them on my head like a crown.
Oh! would I not, upon my shoulder, lift it, or bind it as a crown upon me;
That I may carry it on my shoulder, and put it about me as a crown?
Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; I would bind it on me as a crown;
Yet will I take it vpon my shoulder, & as a garlande binde it about my head.
I would place it as a chaplet on my shoulders, and read it.
I would surely carry it on my shoulderand wear it like a crown.
Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; And I would bind it to me as a crown.
I would surely carry it on my shoulder; I would bind it on me like a crown.
Surely I would carry it on my shoulder, and bind it like crowns to me.
If not -- on my shoulder I take it up, I bind it a crown on myself.
Then shall I take it vpon my shulder, & as a garlade aboute my heade.
I would certainly carry it on my shoulder, I would tie it to myself like a garland.
Surely I would carry it on my shoulder, And bind it on me like a crown;
Surely I would carry it on my shoulder, I would bind it to myself like a crown.
Surely I would carry it on my shoulder;I would bind it to myself like a crown.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
I: Exodus 28:12, Isaiah 22:22
a crown: Job 29:14, Isaiah 62:3, Philippians 4:1
Reciprocal: Job 19:7 - no judgment Isaiah 41:1 - let us
Cross-References
And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's.
And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.
And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter: which thing ought not to be done.
Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the Lord , Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them.
But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Surely I would take it upon my shoulder,.... The bill of indictment, the charge in writing; this he would take up and carry on his shoulder as a very light thing, having nothing weighty in it, no charge of sin and guilt to bear him down; nothing but what he could easily stand up under, only some trifling matter, which could not be interpreted sin; for anything of that kind would have been a burden too heavy for him to have borne: or else his sense is, that should he be convicted of any sin, he would openly confess the charge, acknowledge the sin in the most public manner, that being visible which is borne upon the shoulder; and would also patiently bear the afflictions and chastisements that were laid upon him for it: though rather the meaning is, that he should take up and carry such a bill, not as a burden, but as an honour, as one bears a sword of state, or carries a sceptre as an ensign of royalty on his shoulder; to which the allusion may be in Isaiah 9:6; not at all doubting but it would turn out to his glory; which is confirmed by what follows;
[and] bind it [as] a crown to me, or "crowns" q, having various circles of gold hung with jewels; signifying that he would not only take his bill or charge, and carry it on his shoulder, but put it on his head, and wear it there, as a king does his crown; which is an ornament and honour to him, as he should reckon this bill, seeing it would give him an opportunity of clearing himself effectually.
q עטרות "diademata", Montanus; "corollas", Tigurine version; "coronas", Vatablus, Piscator, Cocceius, Michaelis.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Surely, 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 does not refer to what a judge would decide if the cause were submitted to him, but to a case where an opponent or adversary in court should bring all that he could say against him. He says that he would bear even such a bill on his shoulders in triumph, and that it would be a full vindication of his innocence. It would afford him the best vindication of his character, and would be that which he had long desired.
And bind it as a crown to me - I would regard it as an ornament - a diadem. I would bind it on my head as a crown is worn by princes, and would march forth exultingly with it. Instead of covering me with shame, it would be the source of rejoicing, and I would exhibit it every where in the most triumphant manner. It is impossible for anyone to express a more entire consciousness of innocence from charges alleged against him than Job does by this language.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 31:36. Surely 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 offences; in almost all of them a board appears, on which the accusation or crime of which they are accused, or for which they suffer, is fairly written. Where the punishment is capital, this board appears fastened to the instrument, or stuck near the place of punishment. In one case a large, heavy plank, through which there is a hole to pass the head, - or rather a hole fitting the neck, like that in the pillory, - with the crime written upon it, rests on the criminal's shoulders; and this he is obliged to carry about for the weeks or months during which the punishment lasts. It is probable that Job alludes to something of this kind, which he intimates he would bear about with him during the interim between accusation and the issue in judgment; and, far from considering this a disgrace, would clasp it as dearly as he would adjust a crown or diadem to his head; being fully assured, from his innocence, and the evidence of it, which would infallibly appear on the trial, that he would have the most honourable acquittal. There may also be an allusion to the manner of receiving a favour from a superior: it is immediately placed on the head, as a mark of respect; and if a piece of cloth be given at the temple, the receiver not only puts it on his head, but binds it there.
