Parallel Verses
Amplified
“Surely I would [proudly] bear it on my shoulder,
And bind the scroll around my head like a crown.
New American Standard Bible
I would bind it to myself like a crown.
King James Version
Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
Holman Bible
and wear it like a crown.
International Standard Version
I'll wear it on my shoulder, or tie it on my head for a crown!
A Conservative Version
Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder. I would bind it to me as a crown.
American Standard Version
Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown:
Bible in Basic English
Truly I would take up the book in my hands; it would be to me as a crown;
Darby Translation
Would I not take it upon my shoulder? I would bind it on to me as a crown;
Julia Smith Translation
If not, I shall lift it up upon my shoulder, I will bind it a crown to me
King James 2000
Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
I would {surely} carry it on my shoulder; I would bind it on me [like] a crown.
Modern King James verseion
Surely I would carry it on my shoulder, and bind it like crowns to me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then shall I take it upon my shoulder, and as a garland about my head.
NET Bible
Surely I would wear it proudly on my shoulder, I would bind it on me like a crown;
New Heart English Bible
Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; and I would bind it to me as a crown.
The Emphasized Bible
Oh! would I not, upon my shoulder, lift it, or bind it as a crown upon me;
Webster
Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
World English Bible
Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; and I would bind it to me as a crown.
Youngs Literal Translation
If not -- on my shoulder I take it up, I bind it a crown on myself.
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 31:36
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Final Defense Continued
35
“Oh, that I had one to listen to me!
Look, here is my signature (mark);
Let the Almighty answer me!
Let my adversary write out His indictment [and put His vague accusations in tangible form].
“Surely I would [proudly] bear it on my shoulder,
And bind the scroll around my head like a crown.
“I would count out to Him the number of my steps [with every detail of my life],
Approaching His presence as if I were a prince.
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 22:22
“Then I will set on his shoulder the key of the house of David;
When he opens no one will shut,
When he shuts no one will open.
Exodus 28:12
You shall put the two stones on the [two] shoulder pieces of the ephod [of the high priest], as memorial stones for Israel; and Aaron shall bear their names on his two shoulders as a memorial before the Lord.
Job 29:14
“I put on
My justice was like a robe and a turban!
Isaiah 62:3
You will also be [considered] a crown of glory and splendor in the hand of the Lord,
And a royal
Philippians 4:1
Therefore, my