Job 31:36
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Surely I would carry it on my shoulder and wear it like a crown.”
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BSBPD
“Surely I would carry it on my shoulder and wear it like a crown.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown:”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“If not--on my shoulder I take it up, I bind it a crown on myself.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 31:36 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- Job 29:14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.
- 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.
- 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.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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