Job 31:36

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • 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 You shall also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
  • Phil 4:1 : 1 Therefore, my dearly beloved and longed-for brethren, my joy and crown, so stand firm in the Lord, my dearly beloved.
  • Exod 28:12 : 12 And you shall put the two stones on the shoulders of the ephod as memorial stones for the children of Israel, and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD on his two shoulders as a memorial.
  • Job 29:14 : 14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was like a robe and a crown.

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  • Job 31:37-38
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    79%

    37 I would declare to Him the number of my steps; like a prince would I approach Him.

    38 If my land cries against me, or its furrows likewise complain;

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

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

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

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

  • 14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was like a robe and a crown.

  • 15 I have sewn 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!

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

    10 Then I should still have comfort; yes, I would harden myself in sorrow. Let him not spare, for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

    11 What is my strength, that I should hope? And what is my end, that I should prolong my life?

  • 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 present my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.

    5 I would know the words he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.

    6 Will he contend with me in his great power? No; but he would strengthen me.

    7 There the righteous might dispute with him, so I would be delivered forever from my judge.

  • 9 He has stripped me of my glory and taken the crown from my head.

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

    23 For destruction from God was a terror to me, and because of His majesty I could not endure.

    24 If I have made gold my hope, or said to the fine gold, 'You are my confidence;'

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

    26 If 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 happen to me what will.

    14 Why do I take my flesh in my teeth and put my life in my hand?

    15 Though he slays me, yet will I trust in him; but I will defend my own ways before him.

  • 5 If indeed you will magnify yourselves against me and plead against me my reproach,

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

    35 Then I would speak and not fear Him; but it is not so with me.

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

  • Job 30:18-19
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    18 By the great force of my disease my garment is changed: it binds me about like the collar of my coat.

    19 He has cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes.

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

  • 16 For I said, 'Hear me, lest otherwise they rejoice over me; when my foot slips, they magnify themselves against me.'

  • 3 Gird up now your loins like a man; for I will demand of you, and you will answer Me.

  • 5 Or let him take hold of My strength, that he may make peace with Me; and he shall make peace with Me.

  • 7 They carry him upon the shoulder, they bear him, and set him in his place, and he stands; from his place he shall not move: yes, one shall cry to him, yet he cannot answer, nor save him out of his trouble.

  • 33 If I covered my transgressions like Adam, by hiding my iniquity in my heart;

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

  • 3 I will bring my knowledge from afar, and will attribute righteousness to my Maker.

  • 19 Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I keep silent, I shall die.

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

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

  • 3 When His lamp shone upon my head, and by His light I walked through darkness;

  • 3 Put down now, give me a pledge with You; who is he that will strike hands with me?

  • 13 Is not my help within me? And is wisdom driven quite from me?

  • Job 34:31-32
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    31 Surely it is proper to say to God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend anymore;

    32 That which I do not see, teach me; if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.

  • 10 So I stood upon him and killed him, because I was sure that he could not live after he had fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them here to my lord.

  • 41 If I sharpen my glittering sword, and my hand takes hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to my enemies, and will reward those who hate me.