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Job 31:36
Job 31:36 is verse 36 of Job chapter 31, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Surely I would carry it on my shoulder and wear it like a crown.
King James Version
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.
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Job 31:34–38 · Berean Standard Bible
34 because I greatly feared the crowds and the contempt of the clans terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go outside—
35 (Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment.
36 Surely I would carry it on my shoulder and wear it like a crown.
37 I would give account of all my steps; I would approach Him like a prince.)—
38 if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Exodus 28:12Fasten both stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel. Aaron is to bear their names on his two shoulders as a memorial before the LORD.
Isaiah 22:22I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.
Job 29:14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.
Isaiah 62:3You will be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, a royal diadem in the palm of your God.
Philippians 4:1Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, that is how you must stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.