Job 31:36

34 because I greatly feared the crowds and the contempt of the clans terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go outside—

35 (Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment.

Surely I would carry it on my shoulder and wear it like a crown.

37 I would give account of all my steps; I would approach Him like a prince.)—

38 if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Surely I would carry it on my shoulder and wear it like a crown.
KJV
Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
WEB
Surely I would carry it on my shoulder, and I would bind it to me as a crown.
ASV
Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown:
DARBY
Would I not take it upon my shoulder? I would bind it on to me [as] a crown;
BLB
If not, I would take it up upon my shoulder, [and] bind it as crowns to myself.
ÅB
Sannelig, jeg skulle ta det på min skulder, jeg skulle feste det til mitt hode som en krone;
OTB
Jeg ville sikkert bære den på min skulder,
Jeg ville binde den til meg som en krone.
B1930
Sannelig, jeg skulde ta det på min skulder, jeg skulde feste det til mitt hode som en krone;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 22:22

    I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.

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  • Isaiah 62:3

    You will be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, a royal diadem in the palm of your God.

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  • Exodus 28:12

    Fasten both stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel. Aaron is to bear their names on his two shoulders as a memorial before the LORD.

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  • Job 29:14

    I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.

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  • Philippians 4:1

    Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, that is how you must stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.

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