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Job 31:36

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34 Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?

35 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.

Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.

37 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.

38 If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;

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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;

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 22:22

    And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.

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  • Isaiah 62:3

    Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.

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  • Exodus 28:12

    And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial.

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  • Job 29:14

    I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.

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  • Philippians 4:1

    Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.

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