Job 31:36 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

Job 31:36 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Job 31:36 in 6 Bible Translations

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Job 31:36 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Surely I would carry it on my shoulder, and I would bind it to me as a crown.”

Job 31:36 — World English Bible

Job 31:36 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown:”

Job 31:36 — American Standard Version

Job 31:36 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“If not--on my shoulder I take it up, I bind it a crown on myself.”

Job 31:36 — Young's Literal Translation

Job 31:36 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Would I not take it upon my shoulder? I would bind it on to me [as] a crown;”

Job 31:36 — Darby Translation

Job 31:36 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Woulde not I take it vpon my shoulder, and binde it as a crowne vnto me?”

Job 31:36 — Geneva Bible

Job 31:36 in Context — Job 31

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.

36 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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What Does Job 31:36 Mean?

Job 31:36 is a verse from the Book of Job, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Job chapter 31. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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