Parallel Verses
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:
Amplified
“Surely I would [proudly] bear it on my shoulder,
And bind the scroll around my head like 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 someone would hear me! Behold, my mark is, that the Almighty will testify for me, even though my adversary had written down the charges.
36
I would bind it to myself like a crown.
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 22:22
And the key of the house of David I will lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and no one shall shut; and he shall shut, and no one shall open.
Exodus 28:12
And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the sons of Israel, and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial.
Job 29:14
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me as a robe; and my diadem was judgment.
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.