Job 31:36

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 22:22 : 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.
  • Isa 62:3 : 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.
  • Phil 4:1 : 1 ¶ Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, [my] dearly beloved.
  • Exod 28:12 : 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.
  • Job 29:14 : 14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment [was] as a robe and a diadem.

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  • Job 31:37-38
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    37I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.

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

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

  • 3Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

  • Job 6:2-3
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    2Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!

    3For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.

  • 14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment [was] as a robe and a diadem.

  • 15I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.

  • Job 6:8-11
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    8¶ Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant [me] the thing that I long for!

    9Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

    10Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

    11What [is] my strength, that I should hope? and what [is] mine end, that I should prolong my life?

  • Job 23:3-7
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    3Oh that I knew where I might find him! [that] I might come [even] to his seat!

    4I would order [my] cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

    5I would know the words [which] he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.

    6Will he plead against me with [his] great power? No; but he would put [strength] in me.

    7There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

  • 9He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown [from] my head.

  • Job 31:22-26
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    22[Then] let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.

    23For destruction [from] God [was] a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

    24¶ If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, [Thou art] my confidence;

    25If I rejoiced because my wealth [was] great, and because mine hand had gotten much;

    26If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking [in] brightness;

  • Job 13:13-15
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    13¶ Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what [will].

    14Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?

    15Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.

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  • Job 9:34-35
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    34Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:

    35[Then] would I speak, and not fear him; but [it is] not so with me.

  • 6Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.

  • Job 30:18-19
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    18By the great force [of my disease] is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.

    19He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.

  • 8I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:

  • 16For I said, [Hear me], lest [otherwise] they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify [themselves] against me.

  • 3Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.

  • 5Or let him take hold of my strength, [that] he may make peace with me; [and] he shall make peace with me.

  • 7They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, [one] shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.

  • 33¶ If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:

  • 23¶ Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!

  • 3I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

  • 19Who [is] he [that] will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.

  • 12And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head.

  • 27If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort [myself]:

  • 3When his candle shined upon my head, [and when] by his light I walked [through] darkness;

  • 3Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who [is] he [that] will strike hands with me?

  • 13[Is] not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?

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    31¶ Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne [chastisement], I will not offend [any more]:

    32[That which] I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.

  • 10So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that [was] upon his head, and the bracelet that [was] on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord.

  • 41If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.