Job 31:36

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Surely I would wear it on my shoulder, I would put it on like a crown.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אִם־לֹ֣א עַל־שִׁ֭כְמִי אֶשָּׂאֶ֑נּוּ אֶֽעֶנְדֶ֖נּוּ עֲטָר֣וֹת לִֽי׃

Transliteration

If-not upon-šikmî ʾeśśāʾennû ʾeʿendennû ʿăṭārôt to-me

Grammar Details

• *šikmî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my shoulder
• *ʾeśśāʾennû*: verb, qal imperfect, 1st person singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - I would bear it
• *ʾeʿendennû*: verb, qal imperfect, 1st person singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - I would bind it
• *ʿăṭārôt*: noun, feminine plural - crowns

Word Meanings

• *ʾeśśāʾennû*: I would bear it/I would carry it
• *ʾeʿendennû*: I would bind it/I would tie it
• *ʿăṭārôt*: crowns/wreaths/diadems

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV1611 – Modern English

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

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then shall I take it vpon my shulder, & as a garlade aboute my heade.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

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

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Yet will I take it vpon my shoulder, & as a garlande binde it about my head.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; And I would bind it to me as a crown.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Truly I would take up the book in my hands; it would be to me as a crown;

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Surely I would wear it proudly on my shoulder, I would bind it on me like a crown;

Referenced Verses

• Isa 22:22 : 22 I will place the key to the house of David on his shoulder. What he opens, no one will shut; what he shuts, no one will open.
• Isa 62:3 : 3 You will be a crown of beauty in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the palm of your God.
• Phil 4:1 : 1 So then, my dear and longed-for brothers and sisters, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, dear friends.
• Exod 28:12 : 12 Place the two stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel. Aaron is to bear their names before the LORD on his shoulders as a memorial.
• Job 29:14 : 14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was like a robe and a turban.