Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then shall I take it upon my shoulder, and as a garland about my head.
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.
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 O that I had one which would hear me. Lo, this is my cause: Let the almighty give me answer, and let him that is my contrary party, sue me with libel. 36 Then shall I take it upon my shoulder, and as a garland about my head. 37 I have told the number of my goings, and delivered them unto him as to a prince.
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 22:22
I will also lay the key of David's house upon his shoulders, and if he open, no man shall shut: and if he do shut, no man shall open.
Exodus 28:12
And thou shalt put the two stones upon the two shoulders of the ephod, and they shall be stones of remembrance unto the children of Israel. And Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a remembrance.
Job 29:14
And why? I put upon me righteousness, which covered me as a garment, and equity was my crown.
Isaiah 62:3
Thou shalt be a crown in the hand of the LORD, and a glorious garland in the hand of thy God.
Philippians 4:1
Therefore my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so continue in the Lord, ye beloved.