Job 31:37

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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  • Gen 32:28 : 28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
  • Job 1:3 : 3 His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.
  • Job 9:3 : 3 If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
  • Job 13:15 : 15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
  • Job 14:16 : 16 ¶ For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
  • Job 29:25 : 25 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one [that] comforteth the mourners.
  • Job 42:3-6 : 3 Who [is] he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not. 4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. 5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. 6 Wherefore I abhor [myself], and repent in dust and ashes.
  • Ps 19:12 : 12 Who can understand [his] errors? cleanse thou me from secret [faults].
  • Eph 3:12 : 12 In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.
  • Heb 4:15-16 : 15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as [we are, yet] without sin. 16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
  • 1 John 3:19-21 : 19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. 20 ¶ For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. 21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, [then] have we confidence toward God.

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

    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.

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

  • Job 31:4-7
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    4 Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?

    5 If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;

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

    7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;

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

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

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

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

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

  • 11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.

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

  • Job 33:10-11
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    10 Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,

    11 He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.

  • 16 ¶ For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?

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

  • 2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.

  • Job 29:6-7
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    6 When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;

    7 ¶ When I went out to the gate through the city, [when] I prepared my seat in the street!

  • 11 But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.

  • Ps 38:16-17
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    16 For I said, [Hear me], lest [otherwise] they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify [themselves] against me.

    17 For I [am] ready to halt, and my sorrow [is] continually before me.

  • 37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.

  • 5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, [that] my footsteps slip not.

  • 14 ¶ How much less shall I answer him, [and] choose out my words [to reason] with him?

  • 17 ¶ I will shew thee, hear me; and that [which] I have seen I will declare;

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

  • 16 As for me, I have not hastened from [being] a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was [right] before thee.

  • Job 31:26-29
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    26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking [in] brightness;

    27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:

    28 This also [were] an iniquity [to be punished by] the judge: for I should have denied the God [that is] above.

    29 If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:

  • 28 But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.

  • 15 ¶ If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend [against] the generation of thy children.

  • 5 If indeed ye will magnify [yourselves] against me, and plead against me my reproach:

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

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

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  • 32 For [he is] not a man, as I [am, that] I should answer him, [and] we should come together in judgment.

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

  • 22 When a few years are come, then I shall go the way [whence] I shall not return.

  • 36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.

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

  • 4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

  • 22 Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.

  • 11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.