Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

If not, I shall lift it up upon my shoulder, I will bind it a crown to me

New American Standard Bible

Surely I would carry it on my shoulder,
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

I would surely carry it on my shoulder
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;

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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
נסה נשׂא 
Nasa' 
Usage: 653

it upon my shoulder
שׁכם 
Sh@kem 
Usage: 22

and bind
ענד 
`anad 
Usage: 2

it as a crown
עטרה 
`atarah 
Usage: 23

Verse Info

Context Readings

Job's Final Defense Continued

35 Who will give to me hearing to me.? Behold, my sign, the Almighty will answer me, and the man contending with me wrote a book. 36 If not, I shall lift it up upon my shoulder, I will bind it a crown to me 37 The number of my steps I shall announce to him: as a leader I shall draw near to him.


Cross References

Isaiah 22:22

And I gave the key of the house of David upon his shoulder, and he opened and none shut, and he shut and none opened.

Exodus 28:12

And put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod, stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel: and for Aaron to lift up their names before Jehovah upon his two shoulders for a remembrance.

Job 29:14

I put on justice and it will clothe me: my judgment as an upper garment and a turban.

Isaiah 62:3

And thou wert a crown of glory in the hand of Jehovah, and a tiara of royalty in the hand of thy God.

Philippians 4:1

Therefore, my brethren, dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, thus stand ye in the Lord, dearly beloved.

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