Job 31:36
“Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.”
Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
Related Verses
“I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.”
“Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.”
“If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;”
“Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:”
“Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.”