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Job 31:36

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Surely I would carry it on my shoulder, I would bind it to myself like a crown.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, [and] bind it [as] a crown to me.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown:
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, [and] bind it [as] a crown to me.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Would I not take it upon my shoulder? I would bind it on to me [as] a crown;
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Oh! would I not, upon my shoulder, lift it, or bind it as a crown upon me;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— If not—on my shoulder I take it up, I bind it a crown on myself.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— That I may carry it on my shoulder, and put it about me as a crown?
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Woulde not I take it vpon my shoulder, and binde it as a crowne vnto me?
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Surely I would take it vpon my shoulder, [and] bind it as a crowne to me.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and make it a crown to me.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— I would place [it] as a chaplet on my shoulders, and read it.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, [and] bind it [as] a crown to me.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Surely x518
(0518) Complement
אִם
'im
{eem}
A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogitive, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence as a negative, not.
I would take 5375
{5375} Prime
נָשָׂא
nasa'
{naw-saw'}
A primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, absolutely and relatively.
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
it upon x5921
(5921) Complement
עַל
`al
{al}
Properly the same as H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural, often with prefix, or as conjugation with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications.
my shoulder, 7926
{7926} Prime
שְׁכֶם
sh@kem
{shek-em'}
From H7925; the neck (between the shoulders) as the place of burdens; figuratively the spur of a hill.
[and] bind 6029
{6029} Prime
עָנַד
`anad
{aw-nad'}
A primitive root; ot lace fast.
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
it [as] a crown 5850
{5850} Prime
עֲטָרָה
`atarah
{at-aw-raw'}
From H5849; a crown.
to me.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Job 31:36

_ _ So far from hiding the adversary’s “answer” or “charge” through fear,

_ _ I would take it on my shoulders — as a public honor (Isaiah 9:6).

_ _ a crown — not a mark of shame, but of distinction (Isaiah 62:3).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Job 31:33-40.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 31:36

Take it — As a trophy or badge of honour.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Job 31:36

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

(b) Should not this book of his accusations be a praise and commendation to me?

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
I:

Exodus 28:12 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.
Isaiah 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.

a crown:

Job 29:14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment [was] as a robe and a diadem.
Isaiah 62:3 Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
Philippians 4:1 Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, [my] dearly beloved.
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Ex 28:12. Jb 29:14. Is 22:22; 62:3. Php 4:1.

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